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Operation Ebola

Name: Operation Ebola
Brand: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9781421422121
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Surgical Care during the West African Outbreak

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Edited by Sherry M. Wren, Adam L. Kushner, Foreword by David B. Hoyt
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: May 14, 2017
Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 120

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One of the horrors of the West African Ebola outbreak was the decimation of the area's already thin ranks of surgeons. As Ebola spread, health facilities closed, and some doctors - afraid of catching the disease - left the region or stopped performing surgery. Many of those who stayed contracted Ebola and died. As the pool of doctors available - and willing - to perform surgery dwindled, treatable conditions unrelated to the disease, including appendicitis, unrepaired hernias, stomach ulcers, and obstructed labor, went untreated with devastating results.

Drs. Sherry M. Wren and Adam L. Kushner both worked extensively with surgeons in Ebola-ravaged countries during the 2014 outbreak. Recognizing that there was no guidance available for how to perform surgery under such dangerous conditions, Wren and Kushner collaborated to create official guidelines for safe surgical procedures in cases of confirmed or suspected Ebola. Operation Ebola documents these procedures and describes in vivid detail the conditions that faced both local surgeons and the international surgeons who came to help.

Bringing together a group of medical experts from Sierra Leone and across the globe to tell their stories and offer hard-learned lessons, this book is a riveting first-hand account of performing surgery in under-resourced parts of the world. Through these health workers' eyes, readers will come to understand what it feels like to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) while operating, what dangers remain when using PPE, how to construct an Ebola maternity ward, and how to give anesthesia to patients during a time of Ebola. A succinct and gripping exploration of how an outbreak can affect surgical care and the surgeons who provide it, this book will interest medical professionals, students, policy makers, donors, and anyone who cares about Ebola or global health.

Contributors: Kathryn P. Barron, Håkon A. Bolkan, Séverine Caluwaerts, Joseph Forrester, Andrew M. R. Hall, Eva Hancilles, Mark J. Harris, Angela Hewlett, David B. Hoyt, Daniel W. Johnson, Oliver Johnson, Thaim B. Kamara, Songor Sahr John Koedoyoma, Elizabeth Koroma, Michael Koroma, Adam L. Kushner, Marta Lado, Ronald C. Marsh, Andrew J. Michaels, Mohamed Gbeshay Sheku, Sherry M. Wren

Contributors

Series Editor's Foreword

Foreword, by David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS

Preface

Timeline

Part I: The View from the United States

1 Filling the Void: Drafting Guidelines for Surgery and Ebola Sherry M. Wren, MD, FACS, FCS(ECSA), and Adam L. Kushner, MD, MPH, FACS

2 The United States' Domestic Response to Ebola: Experience of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit

Angela Hewlett, MD, MS, and Daniel W. Johnson, MD

Part II: The View from Sierra Leone

3 Closing the Médecins Sans Frontières Maternity Hospital in Sierra Leone

Séverine Caluwaerts, MD

4 Treating Ebola and Non-Ebola Patients at Connaught Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Thaim B. Kamara, MBBS, FWACS

5 Anesthesia and Ebola: A Loss of Touch

Eva Hanciles, MD, FWACS, Mark J. Harris, MD, MPH, and Michael Koroma, MD, FWACS

6 How Ebola Affected a Clinical Officer Training Program in Sierra Leone and the Decline of Surgical Care

Håkon A. Bolkan, MD

Part III: Technical Considerations and a Way Forward

7 Maternity Care during the West African Ebola Outbreak Andrew M. R. Hall, DipHE, Andrew J. Michaels, MD, MPH, FACS, Kathryn P. Barron, NP, Marta Lado, MD, DTMH

8 Surgery during a Time of Ebola

Andrew J. Michaels, MD, MPH, FACS, Ronald C. Marsh, MD, MIPH, Mohamed G. Sheku, MD, Songor S. J. Koedoyoma, MD, Andrew M. R. Hall, DipHE, and Kathryn P. Barron, NP

9 Operating in Personal Protective Equipment

Andrew J. Michaels, MD, MPH, FACS, Ronald C. Marsh, MD, MIPH, Mohamed G. Sheku, MD, Songor S. J. Koedoyoma, MD, Andrew M. R. Hall, DipHE, and Kathryn P. Barron, NP

10 A Surgeon as Outbreak Investigator: Ebola in Liberia

Joseph Forrester, MD, MSc

Conclusion

Sherry M. Wren, MD, FACS, FCS(ECSA), and Adam L. Kushner, MD, MPH, FACS

Index

""From the development of guidelines for providing surgical care for Ebola-positive patients in the US to providing obstetric care to women in Sierra Leone, the presented details in this book offer a firsthand account of providers' care during this outbreak. From these experiences, health care providers across the globe learned valuable lessons on how to treat and care for people in EVD stricken areas, including those testing positive for EVD. The writing style is personal and straightforward, presenting accounts of the devastation of the EVD outbreak. This book is a must-read for all persons with an interest in EVD and international health care during an emerging crisis. Recomended.""

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