Preparing for expected bioterrorism attacks

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• Personal Author:
  Garrett LC ; Lewis-Younger CR ; Moser R Jr. ; White, Gary L.
• Description:
  The threat of bioterrorism in the United States is increasing. Health professionals, especially "front-line" practitioners, must be able to recognize the potential for major impacts from a bioterrorism event. Although an effective attack could produce numbers of casualties equivalent to those resulting from a nuclear weapon, an unannounced attack would be unlikely to be recognized immediately. Health workers may be the first to recognize an attack. However, only limited assistance is available to aid local community medical organizations in planning for bioterrorism. Military medical personnel have had more experience in planning for terrorist activities than many of their civilian colleagues. Their experience may be invaluable to local civilian treatment facilities in developing practical plans to meet the unique aspects of bioterrorism. In addition to considering agent-specific medical problems and requirements, it is particularly important for plans to address command and control, communication, and coordination if the resultant response is to be effective. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biological Warfare Agents Communicable Disease Control Disaster Planning Emergencies Emergency Responders Hazardous Substances Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Occupational Health Public Health Safety

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• Keywords:
  Biological-warfare-agents Biological-weapons Disaster-planning Disaster-prevention Disease-control Disease-prevention Emergency-care Emergency-responders Emergency-response Emergency-treatment Hazardous-materials Health-care-facilities Health-care-personnel Health-hazards Health-sciences Medical-facilities Medical-personnel Medical-sciences Military-personnel Public-health

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• ISSN:
  0026-4075
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  369-374
• Volume:
  166
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037660
• Citation:
  Mil Med 2001 May; 166(5):369-374
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, 75 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5120
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19950701
• Source Full Name:
  Military Medicine
• End Date:
  20020630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e86b206acaadf855a4f281c4e7a4d6684c7512143137f8f9dc38fb1c0c024db565717fffce9475ef1251a019e1ee2b1be14f740d6aea92c5023fa8970479955b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191658/cdc_191658_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 522.97 KB ]