Foreign medical teams in support of the Ebola outbreak: A UK military model of pre-deployment training and assurance: A UK military model of pre-deployment training and assurance

Christopher Gibson; Tom Fletcher; K. Clay; A. Griffiths

doi:10.1136/jramc-2016-000620

Foreign medical teams in support of the Ebola outbreak: A UK military model of pre-deployment training and assurance: A UK military model of pre-deployment training and assurance

Christopher Gibson, Tom Fletcher, K. Clay, A. Griffiths

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We discuss the training methodology developed and uti-lised to prepare UK military medical teams to establish an Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone. We highlight the process of identifying and mitigating nosocomial risk in the Pre-Deployment Training process, encompassing the challenges of developing, training and assuring a capability at pace, which deployed to deliver high quality clinical care to patients with Ebola Virus Disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	163-168
Number of pages	6
Journal	BMJ Military Health
Volume	162
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/jramc-2016-000620
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2016
Externally published	Yes

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