Seasonal Flu Shot Clinics – Sep, Oct, Nov 2009
Lake-Sumter EMS and Lake County Health Department are teaming up to provide seasonal flu shots again again this year.
Click here for the flu shot schedule (PDF)
General Guidance for EMS and other Clinical Providers:
Lake Sumter-EMS has adopted the Interim Guidance for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems and 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) for Management of Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection from the CDC
Influenza Information Links:
- H1N1 Guidance for Lake-Sumter EMS Personnel – Updated 14 Sep 2009
- CDC H1N1 Flu – The latest H1N1 Influenza A information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Florida DOH H1N1 Swine Flu Information
- Interim guidance for infection control – Document 2009-1
- Guidance for masks and respirators – Document 2009-2
- The Florida DOH is providing a toll-free information line for public health information and updates on H1N1 Swine flu – call 877.352.3581 8 AM to 8 PM Eastern, 7 days a week
- FluTracker – Tracking the progress of H1N1 flu using technology provided by Rhiza Labs and GoogleMaps (replaces the Google H1N1 Flu Map)
- Interim Guidance for Cleaning Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Transport Vehicles during an Influenza Pandemic
- Interim Guidance for Clinicians on Identifying and Caring for Patients with Swine-origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection
- Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic
- Flu Planning Tools
- EMS Pandemic Influenza Guidelines for Statewide Adoption
- AAA Position Paper: Pandemic Flu
- EMS Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist
- EMS.GOV Pandemic News and Information
- Free Pandemic Flu Online CE Course
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Donning a Crosstex N95 Particulate Respirator – PowerPoint (9MB)
“What Is All the Fuss? A “Just-in-Time” Primer on H1N1 Influenza A and Pandemic Influenza is now available as a self-learning module to help state EMS officials educate EMS practitioners about the current influenza disease outbreak dominating the media. It is being provided in a MS PowerPoint 2003 compatible format for those who wish to insert their own instructional materials. The file has been expanded and organized into sections as follows:
- PDF file of entire module
- Part I: Understanding Influenza and the Current Influenza Pandemic
- Part II: Understanding the Terminology
- Part III: Understanding H1N1 Influenza A
- Part IV: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for EMS
- Part V: Decontamination of Ambulances
- Parts VI and VII: Influenza and EMTALA; Planning Considerations