Recently I had to write a paper
for my college class. The topic I chose was one that has been very popular in the
news world lately. Since I won’t subject you to the lengthy paper I wrote, I
will give you the highlights of the paper. My main goal of the paper was to
reduce the fear of Ebola. One thing I have noticed through web blogs, news
articles, and friends posting and commenting on Ebola is that they are afraid
of Ebola spreading to our home country. I found a good bit of interesting facts
on how it’s being treated in West Africa, here in the US, how our Government is
taking precautions, and how other countries are also setting up precautions as
well. So, I figured I would share some
of those facts with you. Yes, a lot of people have lost their lives to this.
Right now there have been over 4,000 people who have died too due Ebola. There are
steps to improve someone’s chances of survival if Ebola is diagnosed early. These
steps are; IV fluids, blood pressure and oxygen levels maintained, and treatment
of other infections as they occur. These numbers include West Africa, Spain and
the US. (Smith-Spark, Falco, Christensen, 2014)
One way to ensure that this Ebola break out is stopped. It comes down to the work it takes to find
Ebola cases, the isolation and care of current Ebola patients, and tracing the
history of the people that have Ebola to stop the transmission. Education on
safe burial practices is also highly important. Once a person is being treated
the healthcare workers need to follow strict infection control procedures. If
we can do all these, then this current Ebola outbreak can be stopped.
Laura Smith-Spark, M. F. (2014, September 23). CDC:
Ebola cases could reach at least 550,000 by January. Retrieved from CNN
World: http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/23/world/africa/ebola-outbreak/index.html
