We are actively updating our partners with the latest information available to all of us, sources for PPEs, training opportunities, etc. We’ll continue to update this site regularly.
Here is a one-pager for our ambulance companies. If you only read one thing – this should be it!
Steps to ensure you’re prepared to transfer a suspected COVID-19 patient:
- The ambulance team is properly trained to screen and carry suspected COVID-19 cases in addition to how to put on and take off PPE.
- Equip ambulance teams with PPE: rubber gloves, disposable gowns, surgical masks, N95 masks, goggles, and rubber boots.
- Roll out dispatcher protocols to add case definition into our line of triage for early alert of suspected cases.
Steps to ensure your hospital is prepared:
- Set up a separate hotline to notify the intake desk of potential cases coming inbound to the hospital.
- Set up a triage desk outside of the hospital and measure everyone’s temperature before coming into the hospital or clinic. There needs to be a strict management of patients into the facility or even outside staff and visitors. If anyone has a fever, put a mask on them and immediately put them in isolation to then proceed with triage to rule out if it’s not a COVID19 patient.
- Establish an isolation ward and separate entrance for suspected patients to use when entering the hospital and minimize any interaction with other patients and physicians.
- Set up additional ICU and HDU beds, if possible to absorb the likely increase in critical cases.
- Purchase additional ventilators due to the increased demand in the coming weeks for critical care patients with COVID-19.
Available suppliers of PPE (note: this changes daily):
- Chandaria Industries for the purchase of disinfectant and surgical masks – +254 723 414 172, +254 733 872 828
- Harleys LTD for the purchase of disposable gowns, gloves, and surgical masks with eyeshields – +254 20 4261000, +254 722 202030, +254 773 106 788, +254 737 203030
- MEDs (must be pre-registered) for the purchase of gowns, gloves, and surgical masks – +254 719 086 105, +254 730 160105
- KEMSA (must be pre-registered) for the purchase of gowns and masks – +254 719 033000
First responders: Tips for protecting yourself and others
CDC guidelines on appropriate EMS protocols and PPE
Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities of Healthcare Workers, including Occupational Safety and Health.
