Codification of Islamic Republic of Iran's emergency medical services (EMS) native reaction protocol to suspected Ebola patients based on world protocols

Introduction: Biological threats are one of the greatest dangers ahead of country's national security. Ebola haemorrhagic fever is one of these threats that there is no guideline for dealing with suspected cases of the disease in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Iran. This study aimed to develop native guidelines reaction of the Emergency Medical Services of the Islamic Republic of Iran face of patients suspected of having Ebola have been conducted using the guidelines. Materials and methods: This study, literature review was conducted by library studies. At first we identified the domestic and international organizations and centers and visit the sites and available information resources, proper keyword search and all guidelines and contents dealing with Ebola collections and localized and at the end of comprehensive charts to determine the behavior of the transfer of suspected Ebola care and pre-hospital emergency personnel were provided. Results: Based on these overview, guidelines should be established native compilation which included planning and preparation, screening (telephone triage) patients, special assessment team via telephone calls and transmit, made necessary coordination with other organizations and units within and outside the organization, preparation for patient transport, preparation and carrying out of activities after transfer and the process of evaluation after the transfer. Conclusion: To succeed in confronting with these diseases EMS and similar diseases in addition, it needs to write native guidelines for each country according to the generalities mentioned, all organizations and institutions were involved to start working in concert and the instructions and practice maneuvers again and again for the review and bug fixes.

کلیدواژه ها:

Infectious haemorrhagic fever ، Ebola ، Bioterrorism ، Guidelines ، Medical Emergency Services (EMS)