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Critical Heat Stress Evaluation In Two Ebola Ensembles, Christopher T. Lee
Critical Heat Stress Evaluation In Two Ebola Ensembles, Christopher T. Lee
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Ebola, a type of filovirus that causes hemorrhagic fevers, dominated global headlines in 2014 when the largest Ebola epidemic in history took place in West Africa. Healthcare practitioners were at particular risk of contracting Ebola while taking care of patients with the disease because they were easily exposed to bodily fluids such as blood, urine, saliva, and feces, quite often in the intensive care unit (ICU). While personal protective equipment (PPE) protects the healthcare practitioner by providing an effective barrier against the virus, users were also at risk for heat stress because of the type of protective clothing. In this …