id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-292337-74c69z28 Tsai, Shin-Han Transporting Patient with Suspected SARS 2004-07-17 .txt text/plain 1471 90 57 Because medical facilities are limited on these islands, the Department of Health authorized the National Aeromedical Consultation Center (NACC), a physician-based 24-hour control center that coordinates all aeromedical transport of critically ill or injured patients within Taiwan, to coordinate transporting these patients to designated SARS hospitals in Taipei. When leaving the pre-isolation room, the physician and the PIU were sprayed with a sodium hypochloride solution before the first layer of personal protective equipment was removed. Although one report by Christopher and Eitzen (2) suggested the value of an aeromedical team to evacuate patients with suspected lethal, infectious diseases, limited evidence supported a safer means of transportation that would possibly reduce transmission of SARS to persons taking part in the mission. Interim guidance: air medical transport for severe acute respiratory syndromes (SARS) patients ./cache/cord-292337-74c69z28.txt ./txt/cord-292337-74c69z28.txt