90-Second Read: ‘You only got one shot’: Ambulance crew says moving Hantavirus patients was years in the making

Channel 2 Action News follows the journey of two Hantavirus patients transported to Emory University Hospital, highlighting the expertise and training of the Grady EMS team. ATLANTA, Channel 2 Action News is getting an up-close look at what it took to get two patients exposed to the Hantavirus on a cruise ship to Emory University Hospital once they landed in Atlanta. Channel 2's Michael Doudna spoke with the crew who drove the ambulances carrying the patients.

They told Doudna that the teams have trained for years for situations like this. Twelve years ago, they were called on to transport Ebola patients to Emory. We don't want you to know who we are or think that's the ambulance.

Underwood was behind the wheel of one of the two ambulances on Monday. They take a normal ambulance and create a special area in the back to care for and protect the patient. When dealing with a potentially deadly, contagious disease, perfection is required.