TY - JOUR AU - Gibbs, Shawn AU - Herstein, Jocelyn AU - Le, Aurora AU - Beam, Elizabeth AU - Cieslak, Theodore AU - Lawler, James AU - Santarpia, Joshua AU - Stentz, Terry AU - Kopocis-Herstein, Kelli AU - Achutan, Chandran AU - Carter, Gary AU - Lowe, John T1 - Need for Aeromedical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport Guidelines T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 5 SP - 1033 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Ebolavirus KW - communicable diseases KW - patient isolation KW - transportation of patients KW - viruses KW - aeromedical transport KW - Ebola KW - Ebola virus disease KW - EVD DO - 10.3201/eid2505.181948 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/5/18-1948_article ER - End of Reference