[Scan-DC] AFRI

[Doug Kitchener]

Good info, thanks... so far, I haven't heard it used in Montgomery County.

DK

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> From: restored517 at gmail.com
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:17:52 -0500
> Subject: [Scan-DC] AFRI
>
> Recently I've been hearing the term "possible AFRI" on Fairfax County's
> Fire/EMS dispatch, related to ALS and/or BLS calls. Curiosity got the best
> of me, and, as many of you likely already know, AFRI stands for Acute
> Febrile Respiratory Illness. The symptoms of AFRI, according to
> http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance_ems.htm, include nasal congestion,
> cough, fever or other flu-like symptoms. AFRI is the code/term which the
> CDC recommends public safety operators use when dispatching these calls to
> make sure that emergency responders are aware of what they are responding
> to.
>
>
>
> j
 		 	   		  
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