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cord-294907-i836d6im	Alabdali, Abdullah	The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Outbreak at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City-Riyadh from Emergency Medical Services Perspective	2020-05-20		.txt	text/plain	3294	159	48	Early in 2013, KAMC-R launched the Infection Disease Epidemic Plan (IDEP), in response to the MERS-CoV outbreak, which consists of three phases that activate based on the number of confirmed cases reported to/within the hospital. 7 Following thatthe hospital medical director initiated major actions such as isolation rooms for suspected or confirmed case, implementing a screening process for all health care workers and new patients, education and training on identifying symptoms of the disease, and means of protection. Therefore, the first steps were prevention; this included early identification of any symptoms that might encounter patients or health care workers, screening the EMS providers at the beginning of each shift and after each transport through temperature checks, followed by tacking employees sick leave records. In this experience, it was clear that paramedics needed training, and once provided, they were confident and competent in transporting critically ill positive MERS-CoV patients.	./cache/cord-294907-i836d6im.txt	./txt/cord-294907-i836d6im.txt