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cord-322148-sfr9twfa	Verbeek, P. Richard	Loss of Paramedic Availability in an Urban Emergency Medical Services System during a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak	2008-06-28		.txt	text/plain	2481	142	55	Objectives: To describe the loss of paramedic availability to Toronto Emergency Medical Services during a biphasic (SARS‐1 and SARS‐2) outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). [3] [4] [5] Ontario 8, 9 In response to the SARS outbreak, a program of contact tracing, quarantine, and medical surveillance of paramedics was implemented by Toronto Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and base hospital of Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre. Paramedics were advised to wear gloves, mask, and gown for patients with ''an acute Home quarantine (HQ) was defined as keeping asymptomatic paramedics with a history of unprotected exposure to a SARS-affected hospital or to a patient with suspect/probable SARS under home observation for ten days from the last known exposure date. Work quarantine (WQ) was defined as keeping asymptomatic paramedics with a history of unprotected exposure to a SARS-affected hospital during the SARS-2 outbreak on duty while wearing PPE at all times.	./cache/cord-322148-sfr9twfa.txt	./txt/cord-322148-sfr9twfa.txt