Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Objectives
  1. Recognize the clinical manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
  2. Identify how the SARS-associated coronavirus is transmitted.
  3. Define the precautions to reduce the spread of SARS among pre-hospital and hospital personnel.
  4. Identify treatment options for SARS.
  5. Identify the overall history of the SARS-associated coronavirus.
  6. Awareness that SARS may reemerge.