One of the horrors of the West African Ebola outbreak was the
decimation of the area's already thin ranks of surgeons. As Ebola
spread, health facilities closed, and some doctors-afraid of
catching the disease-left the region or stopped performing surgery.
Many of those who stayed contracted Ebola and died. As the pool of
doctors available-and willing-to perform surgery dwindled,
treatable conditions unrelated to the disease, including
appendicitis, unrepaired hernias, stomach ulcers, and obstructed
labor, went untreated with devastating results. Drs. Sherry M. Wren
and Adam L. Kushner both worked extensively with surgeons in
Ebola-ravaged countries during the 2014 outbreak. Recognizing that
there was no guidance available for how to perform surgery under
such dangerous conditions, Wren and Kushner collaborated to create
official guidelines for safe surgical procedures in cases of
confirmed or suspected Ebola. Operation Ebola documents these
procedures and describes in vivid detail the conditions that faced
both local surgeons and the international surgeons who came to
help. Bringing together a group of medical experts from Sierra
Leone and across the globe to tell their stories and offer
hard-learned lessons, this book is a riveting first-hand account of
performing surgery in under-resourced parts of the world. Through
these health workers' eyes, readers will come to understand what it
feels like to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) while
operating, what dangers remain when using PPE, how to construct an
Ebola maternity ward, and how to give anesthesia to patients during
a time of Ebola. A succinct and gripping exploration of how an
outbreak can affect surgical care and the surgeons who provide it,
this book will interest medical professionals, students, policy
makers, donors, and anyone who cares about Ebola or global health.
Contributors: Kathryn P. Barron, Hakon A. Bolkan, Severine
Caluwaerts, Joseph Forrester, Andrew M. R. Hall, Eva Hancilles,
Mark J. Harris, Angela Hewlett, David B. Hoyt, Daniel W. Johnson,
Thaim B. Kamara, Songor S. J. Koedoyoma, Michael Koroma, Adam L.
Kushner, Marta Lado, Ronald C. Marsh, Andrew J. Michaels, Mohamed
G. Sheku, Sherry M. Wren
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