EBOLA Special Pathogens Response Management
This course will review the ongoing outbreak of Ebola in Africa and concerns of Special Pathogens. The course will also discuss the multidisciplinary function of Bio-Containment Unit and the various processes that need special attention of clinicians working within that environment.
There will also be a brief discussion of the similarities between the current outbreak and previous episodes of Ebola outbreaks.
Speaker Information
Frank M. Freihaut BS, RRT-ACCS
Frank Freihaut has over 35 years' experience as a Respiratory Care Practitioner. He has worked with neonatal through geriatric patients primarily at the Critical Care level. He started his career at Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas Texas. Frank has worked as a staff therapist, educator, and team leader, and is currently a Respiratory Care ICU Coordinator for Nebraska Medicine, Omaha Nebraska, and is a member of the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit clinical care staff, caring for patients with Highly Infectious Special Pathogens such as EBOLA.
Frank received his BS in Biology from Marquette University, Milwaukee Wisconsin, and his Respiratory degree From Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas Texas. He has previously served on the Nebraska Society for Respiratory Care professional Board, the American Lung Association of Nebraska Board, and was the previous Chair of the Nebraska State Respiratory Care Practice Licensure Board.
Frank has given Continuing Education talks for Physicians, Nurses and Respiratory Care Practitioners on many aspects of Respiratory/Pulmonary medicine. Topics have included Mechanical Ventilation modes and waveforms, High Frequency Ventilation, Nitric Oxide, End Tidal Carbon Dioxide, Asthma, Chest Radiographs, Refractory Oxygenation Therapies, COVID-19 Respiratory Considerations and Bio-Containment Unit function.