Most EMS providers are familiar with long-term skilled nursing facilities, yet most of us don’t think much about them. We certainly don’t think they can teach us much.

Nursing homes have been hit hard by COVID-19 and are often the epicenter of the worst effects of this pandemic.

If we pay attention to their experience, we can elicit lessons to protect our workforce better.

A beneficial paper published recently describes an outbreak in King County, Wash. A descriptive study of the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in a single nursing home, it demonstrates the danger of COVID’s asymptomatic spread.

The combination of this virus’ contagion with asymptomatic spread makes it challenging to contain. This obviously impacted nursing homes but can also impact EMS.

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