{"id":143,"date":"2020-09-03T02:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2022-02-26T23:11:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T23:11:39","slug":"infection-control-situational-awareness-made-easy-with-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"Infection Control Situational Awareness Made Easy with CLOSE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"572\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Radar-artefacts21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Radar-artefacts21.png 572w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Radar-artefacts21-300x252.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><figcaption>Stay alert, stay alive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the EMS crew nears the patient, the likelihood of contracting a contagious disease  increases with each step.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Proximity(ft)<\/td><td>Observation<\/td><td>Appropriate PPE                            <\/td><\/tr><tr><td> 10<\/td><td>Cough<\/td><td>Wear mask, goggles, gloves<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Liquids<\/td><td>Wear gloves<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Odor<\/td><td>Wear gloves<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Story<\/td><td>Suspicious story?  Wear everything<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Elevated Temp<\/td><td>Wear everything<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>The key to minimizing infection is to maintain situational awareness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gowns should be worn at any scene that is extremely bloody or messy.  Gowns are worn over the uniform (which provides some limited protection from bodily fluids) to act as a barrier.  Putting on a gown is easy.  Taking off a gown requires a partner to help you take it off without contaminating the uniform underneath.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the EMS crew nears the patient, the likelihood of contracting a contagious disease increases with each step. Proximity(ft) Observation Appropriate PPE 10 Cough Wear mask, goggles, gloves 5 Liquids Wear gloves 5 Odor Wear gloves 1 Story Suspicious story? Wear everything 1 Elevated Temp Wear everything The key to minimizing infection is to maintain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[138,118,34,126,117,35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}