Aids & Aids-related Complexes / Implications For Ems

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...for EMS Worldwide, the AIDS epidemic is worse than many could have expected just a decade ago. Over twice as many people have been infected with HIV than was projected; over 42 million people have been infected since the discovery of the virus and 30.6 million people are currently living with HIV and AIDS(AIDS Weekly Plus, 1997). In 1997 alone, over 5.8 million people globally have been newly infected with HIV, which can be broken down into nearly 16,000 new infections per day (AIDS Weekly Plus, 1997). With figures like these, it is essential that health care providers understand the implications for emergency medical care and recognize the issues surrounding access to care, the risk of transmission, the signs and symptoms, and the legal and ethical responsibilities surrounding treatment. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is the virus that causes life-threatening AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) (Anonymous, 1997). Generally speaking people do not die of AIDS itself, they die because of any number of opportunistic infections and diseases that occur following the destruction of the immune system caused by HIV. HIV essentially attacks the body's immune system,...

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