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Emergency management services across the United States are preparing their workers who are on

the front lines as cases of COVID-19 rise.

Washington County/Johnson City EMS in Tennessee is training EMS workers and 911 operators how

to handle the spread.

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“We’re educating sta� on what to look for, screening questions to ask patients that may be

exhibiting �u-like symptoms,” Chief Dan Wheeley told WJHL-TV. “We’re working with 911 to

screen patients also when they call.”

EMS workers there have extra cleaning supplies and masks and gloves in preparation. Wheeley says

he may have to contact state and federal authorities to access to their stockpiles.

Cabell County EMS in West Virginia that the concerns and response are similar to the Ebola scare.

Gordon Merry, the county’s EMS Director, told WSAZ-TV that each ambulance is equipped with

special masks, gowns and gloves.

Nursing homes and other care facilities will be screening paramedics as they come in to pick up

patients, Merry said.

The Center Point Fire District in Birmingham, Alabama, told WBRC-TV the biggest goal is to not get

healthcare workers infected.

“We don’t want to be a route of transmission of the disease throughout the public. That was a

problem with the SARS disease in Toronto and we learned a lot from that,” Wes Ward, EMS

Battalion Chief for Center Point Fire District.

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