Good morning,
The International Academies of Emergency Dispatch
®
(IAED
TM
) has
released an official statement about the
novel coronavirus
with specific guidelines for our MPDS-user agencies to use the
Emerging Infectious Disease Surveillance (EIDS) Tool
for
Sick Person (Protocol 26), Breathing Problems (Protocol 6), and other Chief Complaints where the caller offers information leading the EMD to suspect a respiratory-type illness.
When a caller is found to be symptomatic, responding crews should be notified, so they can follow their established procedures for donning personal protective equipment (PPE) and transporting potentially infectious patients.
Please read the
full media release
on the website for full details or download the PDF below.