How should suspected SARS patients be transported to the Emergency Department?
• Once a patient is determined to be a potential case of SARS, appropriate Hopkins staff will escort them to the Emergency Department wearing proper respiratory PPE and gloves during transport. The patient and visitors should wear a surgical mask during transport. • Prior to transport, the Emergency Department Charge Nurse should be contacted at 5-2280 and informed about the suspected SARS patient in route who will prepare ED staff for isolation. • The transport route should avoid highly-populated areas, and use a dedicated patient elevator, with no other patients on it. • Emergency Department Staff will page HEIC at 3-3855 once the patient is in route to the ED and notify entrance desk to open ED access from tunnel. For handouts or more information, please see visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Website at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/index.
• Once a patient is determined to be a potential case of SARS, appropriate Hopkins staff will escort them to the Emergency Department wearing proper respiratory PPE and gloves during transport. The patient and visitors should wear a surgical mask during transport. • Prior to transport, the Emergency Department Charge Nurse should be contacted at 5-2280 and informed about the suspected SARS patient in route who will prepare ED staff for isolation. • The transport route should avoid highly-populated areas, and use a dedicated patient elevator, with no other patients on it. • Emergency Department Staff will page HEIC at 3-3855 once the patient is in route to the ED and notify entrance desk to open ED access from tunnel.
