remove her gear and spray herself with chlorinated water. She would then burn the contaminated equipment. Her weeks of caring for her sick family led her to use four boxes of surgical gloves, as well as several bags of raincoats. On August 17, Kekula's four family members were taken to a hospital when space became available. Her cousin died the following day, while her mother, father, and sister all recovered. Her success rate (75%) was noted to be much higher than the average success rate in Liberia during the outbreak (30%). After the outbreak Kekula received donations from around the world so that she would be able to complete her nursing degree. She was accepted into the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. An Associate Dean at Emory University stated, "What better place than Emory to train a nurse who will return to the front lines of the fight against Ebola? And what a great opportunity for our current students to be able to study alongside someone who has faced a crisis that threatened her country, her own family and herself? It’s a perfect match." She was particularly interested in learning more about caring for burn injuries, as Liberian children sometimes fall into the open fires used for cooking. Impact Workers from international aid organizations learned about Kekula's "trash bag method" and began teaching it to other people in West Africa who did not have the means or ability to make it to a hospital. References Living people 21st-century Liberian women Ebola survivors Year of birth missing (living people) Emory University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Liberian nurses