Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Featured Resources

Transport and Management of Patients with High-Consequence Infectious Diseases

EMS agencies and personnel serving their communities need to be prepared to identify and manage patients suspected or confirmed to have a high-consequence infectious disease. This page provides easy access to featured resources for EMS, including a self-assessment tool to help identify gaps and facilitate program improvements and educational resources to increase awareness, readiness, and enhance operational capabilities.

Readiness Assessment Featured Resources

Self-Assessment

EMS SPORSA

The comprehensive Special Pathogen Operational Readiness Self-Assessment (SPORSA) for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) covers 11 domains and 52 capabilities. It is an appropriate tool for first responder agencies, 911 ambulance responders, and specialty transport teams.

Consulting Services

EMS Technical Assistance

Experts with experience transporting and managing patients suspected or confirmed to have a high-consequence infectious disease are available to assist with your questions.

Education and Operational Resources

Guide

Identify, Isolate, Inform for EMS

Guide

EMS Biosafety – Identify, Isolate, Inform

Guide

EMS Infectious Disease Playbook

EMS workers in PPE run a drill at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

Blog Post

EMS Procedural Guidelines

Online Course

EMS Biosafety Transport for Operators

Example Guide

SOP for Patient Handoff Between Healthcare Facilities and Ambulance Transport

EMS Exercise Templates

NETEC has developed a set of fully customizable exercise templates containing exercise content and material based on the HSEEP model and related to identifying, assessing, treating, managing, and transporting high-risk patients.