Guidance for EMS Personnel - Swine Flu

Guidance has been pouring in to WFD from a number of key resources, including Middlesex Hospital, regarding swine flu. Like all Fire/EMS organizations, Westfield is taking appropriate actions to prepare itself for encounters with potentially infected patients. The CDC provides some specific guidance - click here to read more information specific to EMS professionals.

Members of the public can click the links below for more generalized information and for information on how to prepare a household for a pandemic flu outbreak:

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/index.htm

http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/pdf/individuals.pdf