New Protocol For Treating Ebola Patients

Ebola Treatment Unit health care workers in Port Loko, Sierra Leone have recently conducted a study on the most effective procedure to treat children with Ebola. With the primary purpose of initially launching a prescript for treating children with Ebola, these health care personnel and practitioners are mostly concerned with the speeding up of the recovery process of such condition as well as increasing their patient's chance of survival. 

The first aid for the patient diagnosed with Ebola is to advise them to increase water or fluid intakes. This will help them counteract diarrhea and get rid of vomiting that may cause dehydration. Likewise, this also includes treating possible infections, increases their bedside care and gives them highly nutritious food. The said protocol were published last Friday, Jan 8, 2016.

Indi Trehan, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine is St. Louis believes that Ebola is coming back. Trehan and his co-authors treated Ebola patients at a 106-bed while also handling cases of with 'intensive care'.

Shawn D'Andrea, MD, an instructor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School said that two IVs per patient are needed to recover body fluids. They keep on monitoring young patients' electrolytes and continuously provide drugs to reduce vomiting and diarrhea.

The authors also said that future ETUs have pressure bags that allow IV fluids to be handled faster. Hence through this endeavor, they are able to appreciate the importance of good nutrition in its ability to recover from solid infections -- enhancing the usage of ready-to-use therapeutic foods.

Furthermore, Sierra Leone and Cuban Medical Brigade ensured that there were workers assigned in the unit 24/7. Trehan also added that they would like to give them the same level of care they seem to receive if they were in the U.S.

Trehan and his team encouraged the other medical teams in different parts of the country that fighting Ebola through the use of the said protocol seems possible and attainable especially when administered accordingly. After all, this rule can fight Ebola, an 'illness of health unfairness' and fortunately, save lives.