Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Audio Dial In: Registration is not required.
888-603-9630 (U.S. Callers)
630-395-0291 (International Callers)
Passcode: 9976995
Overview:
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has increased the possibility of patients traveling from the impacted
countries to U.S. hospitals. A few patients with Ebola virus disease have been medically evacuated to
receive care in U.S. hospitals. Recently, the first case of Ebola virus disease was diagnosed in the United
States in a person who traveled to Dallas, Texas from West Africa; this patient passed away on October
8, 2014. CDC and our partners are taking precautions to prevent the spread of Ebola within the United
States. During this COCA Call, the presenters will focus on healthcare systems preparedness, and
participants will learn how Emory Healthcare and Nebraska Medical Center prepared for patients with
Ebola and the lessons learned.
To help our presenters communicate content that is most important to clinicians, please submit your
questions before the call to coca@cdc.gov. Please note: the focus of this call will be healthcare systems
preparedness, not clinical management of the patients with Ebola.
Presenter(s):
RADM Steve Redd
Senior Advisor, CDC Ebola Response
Phillip W. Smith, MD
Medical Director
Biocontainment Unit
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Bruce S. Ribner, MD, MPH
Director
Emory's Serious Communicable Disease Unit
Emory Healthcare
Alexander P. Isakov, MD, MPH
Director
Section of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
Emory Healthcare
To access call recordings (audio and transcript), which will be available a few days after the live
call, please visit the webpage http://emergency.cdc.gov/coca/calls/2014/callinfo_101414.asp
If you have questions or trouble accessing this COCA Call, please e-mail coca@cdc.gov.