Need for Aeromedical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport Guidelines

Abstract

Circumstances exist that call for the aeromedical evacuation high-level containment transport (AE-HLCT) of patients with highly hazardous communicable diseases. A small number of organizations maintain AE-HLCT capabilities, and little is publicly available regarding the practices. The time is ripe for the development of standards and consensus guidelines involving AE-HLCT.

Keywords

• Ebolavirus
• communicable diseases
• patient isolation
• transportation of patients
• viruses
• aeromedical transport