Medical evacuations from West Africa Ebola virus cases in the United States

by time ebola virus epidemic in west africa on in june 2016, 7 americans had been evacuated u.s. treatment after contracting ebola virus while working medical teams trying stop epidemic. kent brantly, physician , medical director in liberia aid group samaritan s purse, , co-worker nancy writebol infected in july 2014, while working in monrovia. both flown united states @ beginning of august via cdc s aeromedical biological containment system further treatment in atlanta s emory university hospital. on august 21, brantly , writebol recovered , discharged. brantly has since donated blood 3 others ebola (sacra, mukpo , pham).

on september 4, massachusetts physician, rick sacra, airlifted liberia treated in omaha, nebraska @ nebraska medical center. working serving in mission (sim), third u.s. missionary contract ebola. thinks contracted ebola while performing caesarean section on patient had not been diagnosed disease. while in hospital, sacra received blood transfusion brantly, had recovered disease. on september 25, sacra declared ebola-free , released hospital.

on september 9, fourth u.s. citizen contracted ebola virus arrived @ emory university hospital in atlanta treatment. on october 16, released statement saying has improved , expects discharged in near future. doctor identified dr. ian crozier, , according hospital sickest patient treated. scheduled receive blood or serum transfusion british man had recovered disease. in addition, on september 21, cdc employee, showed no symptoms of disease, flown united states preventative measure after low-risk exposure healthcare worker; posed no risks family or united states, , not known have died. on september 28, fourth american doctor admitted national institutes of health hospital.

on october 2, nbc news photojournalist ashoka mukpo, covering outbreak in liberia, tested positive ebola after showing symptoms. 4 other members of nbc team, including physician nancy snyderman, being closely monitored symptoms. mukpo evacuated on october 6 university of nebraska medical center treatment in isolation unit. on october 21, mukpo declared ebola-free , allowed return home in rhode island.

a government official in sierra leone announced on november 13, doctor sierra leone, permanent resident of united states married u.s. citizen, transported nebraska medical center treatment ebola. doctor, identified later dr. martin salia, became symptomatic while in sierra leone. initial ebola test came negative, symptoms persisted. attempted treat symptoms, included vomiting , diarrhea, believing had malaria. second test ebola came positive. family have expressed concern delay in diagnosis might impact recovery. dr. salia arrived @ eppley airfield in omaha on november 15, , transported nebraska medical center. according team assisted in transport, critically ill , considered sickest patient evacuated, stable enough fly. on november 17, dr. salia died disease. dr. philip smith, medical director of biocontainment unit @ nebraska medical center, said salia s disease extremely advanced time arrived in omaha. then, salia s kidneys had failed , in acute respiratory distress. salia s treatment included blood plasma transfusion ebola survivor, experimental drug zmapp. dr. salia had been working general surgeon in freetown, sierra leone when fell ill. not clear when or had had contact ebola patients.

a u.s. clinician contracted ebola while working in port loko, sierra leone. collapsed in hospital , colleagues assisted him being monitored exposure. diagnosed ebola on march 10, 2015 , medically evacuated national institutes of health in bethesda, maryland on march 13. condition downgraded serious critical on march 16. ten exposed colleagues flown u.s., going isolation near ebola-rated hospitals @ nebraska, georgia, , maryland. on march 26, 2015, nih upgraded medically evacuated health worker being treated in bethesda critical serious. further 16 volunteers being monitored possible exposure. on april 9, 2015, clinician upgraded condition , discharged.