A nurse working at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas called 911 lines Sunday morning about showing symptoms and signs of a possible Ebola infection. She was self transported to the hospital and was tested positive for contracting the disease. This is officially the first transfer of the virus on America soil. News teams and police swarmed her apartment complex Sunday morning shortly after the release of her having the virus. It is said that there was a "breech in hospital protocol". Unknown yet, the hospital says there must have been actions taken outside of what was called for. The nurses name has not been released yet, but she is said to be safely contained says the Center for Disease Control. Many American hospital staff have not been trained on how to care for Ebola patients and what actions must be taken during treatment, posing a threat for unintentional transfer of disease. Also, not all hospitals prepping for Ebola patients are fully capable of containing a dangerous disease or have quarantine units. It is being monitored and tracked where the nurse has been and what activates she has been up to since making contact with the now past Thomas Duncan.
What we though was improbable has happened. On a small scale, this virus is now in our city. We don't know if this nurse was the only one who acted outside of orders in caring for Mr. Duncan or if she had possibly passed the virus onto any other persons, but whatever the outcome is, I hope that we are all ready. This broke out Sunday morning on Matilda Street in the M street section of Dallas. I live a single block away from the apartments where the nurse lives and it has been infested with news teams and police for the past two days. Sure people joke around about Ebola and how nothing will come of this, but once it is a part of your community, the circumstances change. This reminds me of the H1N1 scare a couple of years back how people mess around about it until the danger becomes a reality.
Source: http://earlystart.blogs.cnn.com/2014/10/13/breach-in-protocol-led-to-new-ebola-infection-in-texas/?iref=allsearch
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