--- title: Ebola Nurse Amber Vinson Talks Surviving, 'Crash Course' Training description: "The entire time I was checking my temperature and hoping I didn't have a fever or any symptoms." canonical: https://time.com/3560627/dallas-ebola-nurse-amber-vinson/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-06T14:01:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:16:18.347Z article:section: Health og:title: Dallas Nurse Amber Vinson Who Survived Ebola Describes 'Crash Course' Training og:description: "The entire time I was checking my temperature and hoping I didn't have a fever or any symptoms" og:url: https://time.com/3560627/dallas-ebola-nurse-amber-vinson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6715e1275b886b42/69876476428a9e4757cc4e99/amber-vinson.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Dallas Nurse Discharged From Emory Hospital After Recovery From Ebola Virus og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dallas Nurse Amber Vinson Who Survived Ebola Describes 'Crash Course' Training twitter:description: "The entire time I was checking my temperature and hoping I didn't have a fever or any symptoms" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6715e1275b886b42/69876476428a9e4757cc4e99/amber-vinson.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dallas Nurse Who Survived Ebola Describes 'Crash Course' Training by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Nov 6, 2014 2:01 PM CUT  Amber Vinson (2nd R), a Texas nurse who contracted Ebola after treating an infected patient, stands during a press conference after being released from care at Emory University Hospital on August 1, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. Amber Vinson (2nd R), a Texas nurse who contracted Ebola after treating an infected patient, stands during a press conference after being released from care at Emory University Hospital on August 1, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.Daniel Shirey—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Nov 6, 2014 2:01 PM CUT A Dallas nurse who survived a bout of Ebola caught while treating a Liberian patient with the disease [has told](http://www.people.com/article/ebola-survivor-amber-vinson-people-interview "undefined") how she received only a “crash course” on treating the highly infectious disease. Amber Vinson told _People_ of her surprise at learning that her hospital, Texas Health Presbyterian, would be treating Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, and that she would be assigned to his care. “They told everyone to go downstairs except for me and one other nurse,” she says. “They gave us a crash-course education on this is what you have to wear, this is how you take it on and off.” Vinson was sent to Emory University Medical Center for treatment after she tested positive for the disease, while a colleague who also contracted and survived the disease, Nina Pham, was treated at the National Institutes of Health. She says the two would text back and forth to encourage each other’s recovery. 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