Lupton Kelly
Registered Nurse; Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit Portsmouth, Queen Alexandra Hospital.
Br J Nurs. 2015;24(3):168-72. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2015.24.3.168.
The current Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa has initiated the request for local and international healthcare workers, including doctors, nurses and healthcare assistants to volunteer to care for patients in Ebola treatment centres. However, there is limited literature available to prepare healthcare workers for this task. There can be reluctance for healthcare workers to volunteer because of fear of the disease. This paper reviews the literature and captures the author's own experience of working in a treatment centre in Sierra Leone. It is hoped that this paper will inform healthcare workers considering deployment to West Africa to work in a treatment centre.
当前西非爆发的埃博拉病毒病引发了对当地及国际医护人员的需求，其中包括医生、护士和医护助理，要求他们自愿到埃博拉治疗中心照顾患者。然而，可供医护人员为这项任务做准备的文献有限。由于对该疾病的恐惧，医护人员可能不愿自愿参与。本文回顾了相关文献，并记录了作者本人在塞拉利昂一个治疗中心工作的经历。希望本文能为考虑前往西非在治疗中心工作的医护人员提供信息。
