Ebola viruses are contagious, lethal viruses that are the causative agents of rare Ebola virus disease. Ebola virus disease presents with nonspecific symptoms, including fever, malaise, headache, diarrhea, and vomiting. A maculopapular rash is sometimes noted. Bleeding, often manifesting as oozing from venipuncture sites, hematochezia or melena, hematemesis, or bleeding from the gums, occurs in less than 50% of cases. Highly transmissible, it can cause large outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. Despite outbreak control efforts, the Western African epidemic from 2013 to 2016 affected several countries outside continental Africa. An epidemic can have a devastating global impact on healthcare, economy, and society. Treatment is mainly supportive; investigational therapies continue to be researched. This activity describes the evaluation, treatment, and management of patients infected with Ebolavirus and explains the role of the healthcare team in limiting the spread of the virus.
- Provider:StatPearls, LLC
- Activity Link: https://www.statpearls.com/ArticleLibrary/viewarticle/20849
- Start Date: 2023-09-01 05:00:00
- End Date: 2023-09-01 05:00:00
- Credit Details: IPCE Credits: 1.0 hours
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 1.0 hours
Nursing: 1.0 hours
Pharmacy: 1.0 hours - MOC Credit Details: ABS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Accredited CME (ABS)
ABPATH - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABPATH)
ABA - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning (ABA)
ABIM - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Medical Knowledge (ABIM)
ABS - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Self-Assessment (ABS)
ABP - 1.0 Point; Credit Type(s): Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment (ABP) - Commercial Support: No
- Activity Type: Enduring Material
- CME Finder Type: Online Learning
- Fee to Participate: Variable
- Measured Outcome: Learner Knowledge, Learner/Team Competence
- Provider Ship: Directly Provided
- Registration: Open to all
- Specialty: Adolescent Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, General Pediatrics, General Surgery, Infectious Disease, Infectious Diseases/Medical Microbiology, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Infectious Diseases