. >> reporter: 36 licensed clinicians spent three days practicing triage. they're all headed to west africa. these people are going to realize very fast they're in for a rough experience. >> i hope so. >> reporter: dr. michael jhung with the c.d.c., showed us these suits, personal protective protection wearing one prevents contact with the bodily fluids with sick patients, which is how ebola spreads. >> we are noticing mistakes here

so the system is going to be flooded with false positives. >> clinicians are no better able to predictviolence in their patients without than a toss of a coin? how is that possible? >> the risk factors associated with violence, even if you can get people who have all the associated risk factors, many of them will not turn out to be violent. being young, being male, having a serious mental disorder, history of violence. those are the biggest epidemiologic risk factors. most of them will not turn out to be violent. >> the watch list came out after the safe act in newtown. do you think someone is doing something that's working? >> it's hard to know, because it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. to find out whether an actual measure works you need a lot of time to go by. so the answer is nobody really knows. >> how do you see it playing out in the next few years? >> i think sadly what's going to happen is, we're going to have more of these last killings. because the real problem is the easy access to firearms. we're never going to be able to really identify who's most at risk of co

. >> the hospital is taking this seriously and there is other clinicians may not seeing this urgency. we are making sure that clinician are aware of the risks and where the patient has been the last three weeks. >> after 30 years with the secret service, julia pierson is stepping down. >> lawmakers is calling on pierson to resign. >> today the obama administration address pierson's decision to call it a quit. >> over the last several days we have seen reports raising questions of the performance of the agency and the president concluded that new leadership of that agency is required. >> omar gonzalez pled not guilty to three counts federal indictment the veteran facing federal and local charges. >>> a virginia is accused of molest station. his name is michael gardner. he's indicted on child sex battery charges. peggy fox talks with the parents of one of those victims. >> reporter: these came recently. the detectives tell me that this young victim who's a relative of gardner was worried that he might abuse more children. >> how does it feel to be a freeman, mr. gardner? >> now a 17-yea

. >> reporter: 36 licensed clinicians spent 30 days practicing triage. they're all heading to west africa. >> reporter: dr. michael young with the cdc told us these suits called personal protective equipment or ppes. wearing one prevents direct contacted with the bodily fluids of six patients. >> we're noticing mistakes here and there. we're pointing them there. >> reporter: you say you're seeing mistakes. what are you talking about? >> we see little breaks in the suits like the face. we don't want that to happen. the boots, the hat, the gloves, do you -- >> you do it every day. same way with the ppes so that you don't skip a step. by keeping ourselves safe, we can take good care of the patients. >> train willing go on now through january. for now it's not bing offered to clinicians giving care in the united states. mark strassmann. cbs news, atlanta. >>> eric frein, suspected in the murder of a state trooper has now been charged with a weapon of mass destruction. frein has been on the run for 27 days now. the adalgs charges were filed after two pipe bom

. >> reporter: 36 licensed clinicians spent three days practicing triage. they're all headed to west africa. these people are going to realize very fast they're in for a rough experience. >> i hope so. >> reporter: dr. michael jhung with the c.d.c., showed us these suits, personal protective protection, wearing one prevents contact with the bodily fluids with sick patients, which is how ebola spreads. >> we are noticing mistakes here and there and we're pointing them out. >> reporter: what are the mistakes? >> we're seeing breaks in the suits where we can see skin on the face poke through. that's a breach. we don't that want that to happen. >> reporter: the boots, the gowns, the masks, the loves, was there part of this you said to yourself i really have to remember that. >> you do the same thing every day, the same way of donning and doving these p.p.e.s so you don't skip a step. by keeping ourselves safe, we can take good care of these patients. >> reporter: the c.d.c. ebola training will go on every week, at least through january, but for now, scott, it w

our nih colleagues to develop a complex i believe and innovative protocol to allow companie compd clinician to his he value multiple ebola products under a common protocol. the goal is to insure interpret table data and general rate actionable results in the most expeditious manner. it is important for the global community to know the risks and benefits of these products as soon as possible. until such trials are established, we'll continue to enable access to these products when available and requests by clinicians. we have mechanisms such as companionate use which allow access to investigation of products outside of clinical trials when we assess that the expected benefits outweigh the potential risks for the patients. i can tell you that every ebola patient in the u.s. has been treated with at least one investigational product. because fda -- because ebola is such a serious and often rapidly fatal disease, fda has approved such requests within a matter of a few hours and oftentimes in less than one hour. there are more than 250fda staff involved in this response. and without exception, e

i think it's a wakeup call for us in medicine, and for our patients who, you know, if your cliniciansren't willing to recognize your priorities, discussing with your family and pushing clinicians to make them understand what your priorities are besides living longer, what are the things you do not want to sacrifice as part of your care. i think it's important we communicate that. >> host: does longevity run in families? you will hear patients say, you know, i get fevers after search but there's no infection. my mom has that and her mother had the. what extent can we explore more the -- aspect genetics. what i tell people, my grandfather died at 110, you are so lucky. you might live longer. and i said that my grandmother died at 30 and it was from malay. well, that doesn't count. there are innocent studies about the contribution of genetics to longevity and the contribution is very weak. how tall you are. 90% of it is determined genetically and we know that by comparing the heights of identical twins, but the average difference in the length of time, length of survival for identical tw

having the chance to understand why people who are more affected whether as family members or as clinicians, what they do make it less tough though. it was very interesting. i think the core thing that came out of the lesson for me was that people have priorities besides just living longer yet medicine doesn't recognize that. i was never taught to articulate that. the second part was that the most reliable method of learning what people's priorities are is to ask and i was not asking. also i wasn't asking my own dad and so when his condition began to deteriorate and this is a tumor that was going to make him a quadriplegic as it gradually took his life and he faced options as therapy, radiation and chemotherapy i started asking questions, so what are your priorities? what are the trade-offs you are willing to make and not willing to make? really hard questions to ask and yet changed every step of his care along the way. >> host: you describe your grandfather. he lived to be 110 years old. he lived in a village in india. tell me about what you learned from his life. just go so he is fascinat

having the chance to understand those that were more effective as family members or clinicians' what they do made it less tough. but what came out was people have priorities besides with being laundered -- living longer the second part was the most reliable benefit if i was not asking. not even my own dad. so when his condition began to deteriorate and it is said to merge to make him a quadriplegic and he faced options of surgery and radiation and chemotherapy i would ask the questions. what are your priorities? what trade-offs are you willing to make? hard questions to ask. but yet change the step along the way. >> you describe your grandfather. who lived to be 110 years old. and in a village in india. tell me what you learned from his side. >> guest: he is fascinating it is the kind of old age we think we want to. the last 20 years he needed 24-hour care but yet did not have to check into a nursing home like he did today but surrounded by family. and then a vice who they should marry and was respected. could live a good of life as possible to the end. as a society. that is why they

on thursday, the chief clinician at the nurses' hospital, doctor daniel varga of texas health presbyterian, apologized to congress for the mishandling of duncan's care. >> despite the best intentions and a highly skilled medical team, we made mistakes. we did not correctly diagnose his symptoms as those of ebola and we are deeply sorry. >> on thursday, the first nurse to be infected, texas health presbyterian, nina pham, was flown to maryland for treatment. the second nurse, amber vinson, was transferred on wednesday to emory university in atlanta, georgia leaving no more ebola , patients in dallas. the u.s.-led coalition is in its third day of heavy strikes on islamic state fighters around the syrian town of kobani. isis had been on the verge of seizing kobani, but the pentagon claims it's slowed the offensive by killing hundreds of fighters. at a briefing in washington, pentagon spokesperson john kirby said the u.s.-led bombings have used precise targeting. forces conducted 14 airstrikes yesterday and today. initial reports indicate those strikes successfully hit 19 buildings, two comman

i'm a clinician, researcher and public health educator. today i'd like to take my time to focus my comments on the importance of public health education for youth concussion using my expertise as a clinician and researcher. i've worked for the last decade with cdc on their heads up concussion program materials. we all know, i think ian said it just perfectly, that sports and recreation provide important developmental opportunities to enrich the lives of our youth. they teach life lessons. we have to balance those incredible benefits of sports participation with careful attention to safety issues and science must drive our action oriented approach. concussions are serious injuries to the brain that threaten the development of our youth. in an attempt to protect our youth, we now have laws in all 50 states and the district of columbia, all with the good intent of protecting student athletes through rules for educating coaches and parents and removing suspected concussions and now allowing them to return until properly clear. all states, incl

nih working with the colleagues to have a clinical trial protocol to allow companies and clinicians toevaluate multiple investigatal ebola products under a common protocol. the goal to insure interpretable data to generate actionable results in the most expeditious manner. it is import for the global community to know the risks and benefits of these products as soon as possible. until such trials are established we'll continue to enable access to these products when available and requested by clinicians. we have mechanisms such as compassionate use, which allow access to investigational products outside of clinical trials when we assess that the expected benefits outweigh the potential ri thefor patient. i can tell you that every ebola patient in the u.s. has been treated with at least one investigatio product. because fda is, ebola is such a serious and often rapidly-fatal disease fda approved such requests within a matter of a few hours and often times in less than one hour. there are more than 250 fda staff involved in this response and without exception everyone has been proactive,

fda is working with our colleagues to develop an innovative clinical trial companies andlow clinicians to evaluate multiple investigational ebola products a common protocol. the goal is to ensure accrual of interpretable data and generate actionable results in the most expedition manner. for the global community to know the risks and benefits of these products as possible. until such trials are toomplished, we'll continue enable access to these products when available and requested by clinicians. have mechanisms, such as compassionate use, which allow access to investigational outside of clinical trials when we assess that the outweigh thefits potential risks for the patient. i can tell you that every ebola patient in the u.s. has been treated with at least one investigational product. the fda -- because ebola rapidlya serious and fatal disease, the fda has approved such requests within a matter of a few hours and oftentimes in less than one hour. there are more than 250 fda staff involved in this response. and without intention, everyone has been proactive, thoughtful and adaptive to

they have clinicians revealing that. at the alj, they deal with everything that comes their way and relying on documentation and testimony of the treating physician to make their decisions. so the process is different. we have seen the case files are different. it's more of an administrative thing. the things they're maintaining and holding in the case laws are different from level to level and creates some of the inefficiency. the alj level is still on paper. the quick has everything electronic. they have to print it out and send it to the alj. they have to get papers from couldn't tractors and sort them out. it is to clarify policy and to create one system that's electronic. >> if i understand you correctly, at the level, they are very specialized, they know what they are looking for and they make their determination because they are trained to look for certain things, i guess. i guess that's part of what you're saying? >> correct. we didn't assess and look at which level is better. they are very different. but we have

they have clinicians revealing that. at the alj, they deal with everything that comes their way and relying on documentation and testimony of the treating physician to make their decisions. so the process is different. we have seen the case files are different. it's more of an administrative thing. the things they're maintaining and holding in the case laws are different from level to level and creates some of the inefficiency. the alj level is still on paper. the quick has everything electronic. they have to print it out and send it to the alj. they have to get papers from couldn't tractors and sort them out. it is to clarify policy and to create one system that's electronic. >> if i understand you correctly, at the level, they are very specialized, they know what they are looking for and they make their determination because they are trained to look for certain things, i guess. i guess that's part of what you're saying? >> correct. we didn't assess and look at which level is better. they are very different. but we have

the clinicians did not factor it in. it was not part of the decision. >> we apologize for not being able to hear the questions, but the questions deal with the fact that the man presented himself to the hospital and then was given antibiotics and allowed to leave two years later he came back with what was diagnosed with ebola. we continue to listen. >> i would factor that among the team not present. all that have information was not present as they made their clinical decision. >> that information was not obtained. oh, i'm doctor mark leicester, and i'm executive vice president with texas health resources. i'm the zone clinical leader for the southeast zoning resources. i remember, it's unprotected exposure to the bodily fluids that constitutes exposure. we're investigating how many people might be and how they might be monitored if that's so. as i said, we're investigating that right now. >> we're very closely with the local health department. the local health department conveyed information to how this disease could be

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fda's working with nih colleagues to develop a flexible protocol to allow companies and clinicians tovaluate multiple investigation ebola products under a common protocol, and we'll have interpretable data and generate actionable results in the most expe dirks p -- expeditious manner. it's important to know the risks of the products as soon as possible. until trials are established, we'll enable access to the products when available and requested by clinicians. we have mechanisms such as compassionate use that are used outside of clinical trials when we assess the expected benefits outweigh risks for the patient. i can tell you every patient in the u.s. has be treated if at least one investigational product. because fda is -- ebola is a serious and offerly fatal disease, fda approved such requests within a matter of a few hours and less than one hour oftentimes. there's more than 225 staff involved in this response, and without exception, everyone has been proactive, thoughtful, and adaptive to the complex range of issues that emerged. we'll fully committed to sustaining deep engaugem

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>> i think we have to look at the whole picture and we're giving the information to clinicians and we're spreading that information to many of the urgent care families and the doctors in the community that in addition to fever, you have to have a risk of having traveled to these areas where we've seen ebola, specific the three or four countries in west africa and also specific symptoms, such as fever and headaches and muss him pains. there may be some overlap but we should err on the side of caution. >> dr. ambardar, we appreciate your time. she's from inova fairfax hospital. >>> even when we're not on the air, we're staying on top of the story. for the latest updates on the first confirmed ebola case here in the until, you can go to wusa9.com. >>> we'd also lie to bring to your attention a -- we'd also like to bring to your attention a very special thing here at wusa9. right now there are dozens of children missing from our area. and on our wusa9 facebook page, we have pictures of many of them. please take a look at some of the digital flyers and share them with your friends. if you log

my dad's legacy is one of deep passion for the work which he did as a clinician, for the work that hedid as a teacher of other surgeons, for the passion that he had for improving the lives of others, the passion that he had for so many things other than that directly involved with his clinical or teaching work. he was a saxophonist. he loved classical opera. he was adh gardener. he was a fabulous swimmer. he was a four letterman in college. he was a man that was such a classical person in the larger sense that his shadow is big but his -- but our pride is large in what he was able to accomplish. >> wow and the passion continues. dr. jarvis this exceptional service award you'll be receiving, what does this mean to you. >> this award of the red cross is very meaningful to me because my father's work at the red cross was seminole work. it was work that drew on his thesis of banked blood that he did at presbyterian hospital after he became a surgeon and what he discovered as i said is the storage and preservation of blood and plasma. plasma was shipped overseas during the war. blood needs

colleagues to develop a clinical trial protocol to allow companies and clinicians to evaluate multiple ebola products under a common protocol. the goal is to ensure interpretable data and generate actionable results in the most expeditious manner. it is important for the global community to know the risks and benefits of these products as soon as possible. until such trials are established, we'll continue to enable access to these products when available and requested by clinicians. we have mechanisms such as compassionate use which allow access to investigation of products outside of clinical trials when we assess that the expected benefits outweigh the potential risks for the patient. i can tell you that every ebola patient in the u.s. has been treated with at least one investigational product. because fda -- because ebola is a rapid and fatal disease, fda has approved such requests within a matter of a few hours and often times in less than one hour. there are more than 250 fda staff involved in this response and without exception, everyone has been proactive, thoughtful, and adapti

the drc will have for their team, they have coordination, management and a treatment under with clinicians and biologists and the community outrage side and about half of the clinicians are nurses that are involved. on the liberian team it's about 60 people that will rely largely on community leaders and volunteers were care assistance and education in various types of management. and of course we will need with early translation although we are trying to get as many english speakers as possible into the program. so that is basically an idea of what the team looks like. i want to highlight some of our first responders if we can call them that. we are in the same day of finding out about this and we had three people that came over to work in congo and develop the concept together. so i want to know particularly these three, nancy. ansi and to understand what the conflict is which is really part of standardized support to do this. trish perl who was currently able to jump across and work on developing the clinical and infection control. and also leadership there. and angela was a recent grad

i'm a clinician, researcher and public health educator. today i'd like to take my time to focus my comments on the importance of public health education for youth concussion using my expertise as a clinician and researcher. i've worked for the last decade with cdc on their heads up concussion program materials. we all know, i think ian said it just perfectly, that sports and recreation provide important developmental opportunities to enrich the lives of our youth. they teach life lessons. we have to balance those incredible benefits of sports participation with careful attention to safety issues and science must drive our action oriented approach. concussions are serious injuries to the brain that threaten the development of our youth. in an attempt to protect our youth, we now have laws in all 50 states and the district of columbia, all with the good intent of protecting student athletes through rules for educating coaches and parents and removing suspected concussions and now allowing them to return until properly clear. all states, incl

you will see a diagram at the bottom and this is actually from a training that we have given to clinicians and also lay people on how we think about controlling the microbial threats, you will see the reservoir or source, right now what we know about ebola s the reservoir starts in the back and currently the source is infection in humans and those are the areas that we focus on, the areas that are bolded are the areas that we move forward and we think about those sources. in the next as you look at the diagram at the bottom there, you will see there under, the first circle you will see the portal of the exit and one of the challenges that we have with ebola which is different from the other diseases is that pretty much, every body fluid is infected and we are talking about feces and bodily fluid and it is in the saliva and it is sweat and so every fluid becomes infected and they become violently ill, fever and vomit, and diarrhea and so a lot of fluids that expose other potential people. so that is actually one of the challenges that we have in a case appearing in the united states like wh

initially uncertainty over whether medicaid recipients could continue seeing city therapists, but that clinicians were never told services had to cease. nevertheless, gail went a year without seeing a mental health professional. >> if this is something that's working and this is somebody that i build a bond with, why break that up. you know, because i felt like that was really useless and senseless. >> reporter: mark heyrman is a law professor at the university of chicago and advocates for people with mental illness. he says they have a particularly difficult time when they move out of publicly financed facilities and must find new providers on their own using medicaid. >> losing that human connection and a place that they've gone for treatment for quite a few years and being told, "now you must go find a new person to be connected to." that's a difficult thing. and people fall through the cracks. they fail to show up. >> reporter: so far, heyrman says figuring out just how many people like gail have slipped through the system is nearly impossible. >> i think the answer is we don't know yet. and

is recommending for what clinicians should wear when working with a patient with ebola, it's really unbelievable because a patient can produce high quantities of very, very viral fluid, the fluid that can spread the virus, in very unpredictable ways. to me it makes no sense. >> reporter: kaufman says equipment and treatment aren't worth anything if the gear is not safely removed, and that takes trains, practice and supervision or it's not like having any protection at all. >> axelrod: jon, there was video of the transfer of the second gear, and there is man near the plane not wearing any protective gear, which would appear to be a breech of protocol. what have you learned of that? >> i thought it was a breech of protocol, too, jumping to the wrong conclusion. it turns out that man is a physician. he was following protocol. he's the eyes and ears on the tarmac because the people wearing the protective equipment, they don't have very good peripheral vision. and so this is phoenix air. they've transported 11 patients with ebola. no health care worker has been infected. and so it shows you, if you d

what was it like for you being this extraordinary clinician but also having this musical side finding this connection? oh my god it's... the connection is there not for me for the world i mean there's a lot of there's a lot of music medicine people out there it's funny when i was medical what? school in boston i was sort of amazed and delighted to discover there was something called the longwood symphony orchestra which was a symphony orchestra comprised completely of medical practitioners and you have you know the pathologist playing cello next to the surgeon playing violin it's really... there's always been this connection my father who is also a physician is a lifelong musician as well and i think i inherited that is there a connection? music and medicine? i think there must be what do you think it is? eally do i think it's the puzzle solving it's the sort of obsessive practicing and also it's this sort of yin and yang little bit and you're so caught up in the day to day and you lose sleep over your patients you know you're thinking about things and it's a release it's a wonderful

we have a treatment center side with clinicians, biologist, lab. committee outreach site and they safe burial team. half of the clinicians are actually nurses. on the liberian team it's about 60 people. we will rely largely on their can be leaders and came into the local volunteers for care assistance, education and burial disinfection type of management. and, of course, we'll need some literally translation although we are trying to get as many english speakers as possible into the program. that's basically an idea of what the team looks like. i wanted to highlight some of our first responders, if we can call them that. literally within the same day of finding out about the congo offer, we had three people to come over to work in congo and developing protocols and putting the concept together. i want to note particularly these three. nancy glass of the school of nursing, whose leadership and expertise not only of congo and the technical ability but also to understand what the concept is and what the role of hopkins' which is around trying to stand

i'm a clinician, researcher and a public health educator. today i'd like to take my time to focus my comments on the importance of public health education for youth concussion using my expertise as a clinician and researcher. i've worked for the last decade with the cdc on their heads-up concussion program materials. we all know, and i think ian said it just perfectly, that sports and recreation provide important developmental opportunities to enrich the lives of our youth. they teach life lessons. we have to balance those incredible benefits of sports participation with careful attention to safety issues, and science must drive our action-oriented approach. concussions are serious injuries to the brain that threaten the development of our youth. in an attempt to protect our youth, we now have laws in all 50 states and the district of columbia, all with the good intent of protecting student athletes through rules for educating coaches and parents and removing suspected concussions and not allowing them to return until properly cleared. all s

they're training clinicians how do it safely. to stand like this. >> reporter: dr. michael young runs the cdc's new train tag silt. the mock clinic looks like one of the 17 the cdc is currently building in west africa. >> we call this the ppe donning area. they'll get into these and they'll do it in a partner system. they'll work with a buddy to put on all this personal protective equipment. they'll check each other, make sure there's no area of skin showing. and on top of this suit they'll wear an apron, they'll have gloves on, a hood and face masks. >> the suits are designed to prevent direct contact with bodily fluids which is how ebola transfers. despite the enhanced protection health care workers on the front line are still becoming infected. >> it's difficult to work in more cumber some personal protectionive equipment. that's why we're looking at as many practical approaches that will still be safe. >> that's why the cdc has started training classes of roughly 40 licensed clinicians. for three days they practiced triage he

actually trained i mean should a patient be expecting the physician the gynecological expert the clinician to be doing that or is it... should it be coming from somewhere else? what did you... go ahead i have a wonderful physician who pushed me in that direction id it in a more lighthearted way but really brought it to the surface because i was terrified and you really in my position i don't want to think about anything like that because you're just worried about that whole system just shutting down i was just saying that to our producers i was saying come on worried about sex? and they're like no i bet a lot of women at some point would and you were thinking... it's hard to think of that you're thinking of it totally different your organs there that... well once you knew you were gonna be okay to some extent were you sitting there saying wait a minute if i could just... well i had a wonderful physician who pushed... prodded me in that direction and said [laughter] don't worry about it and come on jump back on the wagon and live a normal life is that what you call it? jump back on the wago

the cdc is training clinicians heading to africa how to do it safely.o stand like this. >> reporter: dr. michael young runs the training facility in anistniston, alabama. the mock clinic likes like the ones they're currently building in west africa. here tray practice suiting up in protective gear called ppes. >> they will get into these and they will do it in a partner system. they will work with a buddy to put on all this personal prot t protective equipment. they'll check each other, make sure there's no area of skin showing. on top of this suit they will wear an apron, gloves, face nask. >> reporter: the suits are designed to not get contact with bodily fluids which is how ebola spreads. even more important in putting them on is taking them off. they can only be worn for up to an hour because of the heat but despite the enhanced protection, health care workers on the front lines are still becoming infected. >> it's difficult to work in more cumbersome personal protective equipment, that's why we're looking at as many practical approaches that will s