“Ebola Virus Disease is a hemorrhagic fever, rare and deadly disease caused by infection with the Ebola virus”, (Nursingworld, 2015), The virus was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola river in Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire). The outbreak of EVD occurred across Africa which researcher believed that bats are the likely reservoir of the virus. “Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea in West Africa have experienced the largest Ebola epidemic in history” (Nursingworld 2015). EVD can be transmitted through direct contact with blood or bodily fluids of a person with EVD or, via contact with contaminated objects. Should a patient with Ebola Virus Disease receive CPR? I would have to say, no. Although, nurses in all settings
