Only on 5: The fight against Ebola from the patient’s point of view NewsCenter 5 got an exclusive look inside Brigham and Women’s Hospital as doctors and nurses there train to treat the deadly Ebola virus. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT ONLY ON 5 TONIGHT, WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS THE EBOLA FIGHT FROM A PATIENT'S POINT OF VIEW. LOCAL DOCTORS ROLLING OUT THEIR PLANS. PHIL LIPOF OFF IS THE ONLY REPORTER TO GET A LOOK INSIDE. WITH SO MUCH TALK ABOUT EBOLA AND HOW IT CAN BE SPREAD, NURSES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY SPEAKING OUT ABOUT A LOCK OF PROPER TRAINING. AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK INSIDE AS DOCTORS AND NURSES TRAINED TO TREAT EBOLA. REMARKABLE VIDEO FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF ANY BOLA PATIENT. ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE HAVE LOOKED UP TO SEE DOCTORS AND NURSES IN THIS KIND OF GEAR. IT IS SIMILAR TO -- SIMULATED TRAINING AND IT IS AS REAL AS IT GETS. THE PATIENT COUGHS, BREATHES, EVEN SPEAKS. THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK INSIDE THE HOSPITAL'S EBOLA TRAINING. THE 17,000 EMPLOYEES, ONLY ABOUT 120 WILL BE TRAINED TO TREAT EBOLA. FOR PUTTING ON THE STATE-OF-THE-ART PROTECTIVE GEAR -- THE VIRTUALLY EVERY SCENARIO THESE DOCTORS AND NURSES COULD ENCOUNTER, EBOLA IS TRANSMITTED BY BODILY FLUIDS. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS HERE. CAREFULLY, AS SLOW AS YOU CAN -- WITHIN 60 SECONDS, THE SIMULATED BODILY FLUIDS SOLIDIFY. IT IS PICKED UP WITH CARDBOARD AND DISPOSED OF. WE ARE FOCUSED LIKE A LASER BEAM ON PREPARING OUR STAFF FOR ANYONE THAT WALKS IN THE DOOR TO PROTECT OUR PATIENTS. DR. ERIC CORONA RUNS THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT HERE. HE TOOK US THROUGH THE PATH ANY BOLA -- AN EBOLA PATIENT WOULD WALK. THEY ARE EVIDENTIALLY PUT HERE, IN THE ISOLATION UNIT. THIS IS WHERE THE SPECIALLY TRAINED DOCTORS WILL BE TREATING THEM. PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED BUT DR. JONATHAN LI WANTS YOU TO KNOW THIS. THE RISK OF INFECTION TO ANYONE IN THE UNITED STATES IS EXTRAORDINARILY LOW. WE NEED TO TAKE EVERY POSSIBILITY SERIOUSLY AND PREPARE AND DRILL. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

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