Training Hospital Workers for Ebola

With hospital workers increasingly in the spotlight of concern over the spread of the Ebola virus, a Chicago hospital held a training session Thursday for a team of medical professionals with expertise in intensive care and infection control.

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago has assembled a core team of doctors, nurses and technicians who would provide care to any Ebola patients the hospital might receive. They received hands-on training Thursday on the correct use of the highest level of protective equipment.

Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is one of several U.S. airports where travelers from the affected West African countries arrive and are being screened for fever.

The training at Rush will extend to hospital workers beyond the core team and will follow guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospital officials are consulting with experts from Emory University Hospital and Nebraska Medical Center, which have successfully treated Ebola patients.

Registered nurse Keene Roadman, dressed in personal protective equipment, demonstrates bleach wiping the inner layer of gloves, after the outer gloves are removed during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. With hospital workers increasingly in the spotlight of concern over the spread of the Ebola virus, the hospital held a training session for a team of medical professionals with expertise in intensive care and infection control.

Registered nurse Keene Roadman, dressed in personal protective equipment, demonstrates the proper slow removal of an outer layer of gloves, to doctors and nurses who are part of the core care team that would treat Ebola patients, during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center

Registered nurse Keene Roadman, stands fully dressed in personal protective equipment, as he and registered nurse Fred Serafin, right, demonstrate proper protective procedures to doctors and nurses during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago

Registered nurse Keene Roadman, dressed in personal protective equipment, demonstrates the proper disposal of the outer gloves into a biohazard bag, after the simulated treatment of a Ebola patient, to doctors and nurses who are part of the core care team that would treat Ebola patients, during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center.

Registered nurse Keene Roadman, stands fully dressed in personal protective equipment, as he and registered nurse Fred Serafin, right, demonstrate proper protective procedures to doctors and nurses who are part of the core care team that would treat Ebola patients, during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Registered nurse Keene Roadman, stands fully dressed in personal protective equipment during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Registered nurse Ashley Holbook, left, and Certified Dialysis Technician Christine Taylor, who are part of the core care team that would treat Ebola patients, participate in a personal protection equipment training class at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Registered nurse Keene Roadman, fully dressed in personal protective equipment, simulates treating a patient with Ebola, to doctors and nurses who are part of the core care team that would treat Ebola patients, during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Registered nurse Keene Roadman, stands fully dressed in personal protective equipment, as he and registered nurse Fred Serafin, right, demonstrate proper protective procedures to doctors and nurses during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center Registered nurse Keene Roadman, fully dressed in personal protective equipment, demonstrates the removal of the equipment with registered nurse Fred Serafin, to doctors and nurses who are part of the core care team that would treat Ebola patients, during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)in Chicago.

Members of the core care team that will treat Ebola patients watch a demonstration in personal protective equipment, during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center.

Registered nurse Keene Roadman, fully dressed in personal protective equipment, demonstrates the removal of the equipment with registered nurse Fred Serafin, to doctors and nurses who are part of the core care team that would treat Ebola patients, during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Registered nurse Keene Roadman, dressed in personal protective equipment, and registered nurse Fred Serafin, demonstrates the proper disposal of the personal protective equipment, after the simulated treatment of a Ebola patient, to doctors and nurses who are part of the core care team that would treat Ebola patients, during a training class at the Rush University Medical Center.