Law Enforcement-Related Agencies William Fabbri Nelson Tang INTRODUCTION The response to terrorism-related events by law enforcement agencies necessitates coordinated medical support. Emergency physicians familiar with the special requirements of law…
The Role of Military Medicine in Civilian Disaster Response Brian A. Krakover INTRODUCTION Military medical units have played an important role in recent natural disasters and may be called on…
Homeland Security F. Marion Cain III INTRODUCTION With the exception of the Revolutionary War over two hundred years ago, the vast majority of Americans have never felt threatened inside the…
Strategic Response to Explosive and Traumatic Terrorism Brian A. Krakover INTRODUCTION Although the United States has been spared the frequent terrorist attacks experienced by Israel, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, and…
Technology Applications in Preparedness Training Timothy D. Peterson INTRODUCTION Preparedness education, training, and learning opportunities are absolutely essential for an efficient and effective medical response system to terrorism. The classrooms…
Exercises and Educational Courses in Terrorism Preparedness Myra M. Socher Edwin K. Leap INTRODUCTION Very few emergency care workers have ever cared for the casualties of weapons of mass destruction….
Media and Communications Preparedness For Terrorist Events Raymond L. Fowler Paul E. Pepe Paul E. Moore INTRODUCTION The end of the Cold War and the breaking down of the Berlin…
Health Care Facilities and Interagency Communication During Terrorism Raymond L. Fowler Peter Moyer Crawford Mechem Paul Moore INTRODUCTION A terrorist event threatening life and property is perhaps one of the…
Detection, Prediction, and Surveillance Warren L. Whitlock INTRODUCTION Surveillance is an all-encompassing activity that includes planned and unplanned information collection, statistical analysis, and the prediction reporting of possible future events….
All-Hazards Approach To Decontamination Richard N. Bradley INTRODUCTION A terrorist attack with chemical, biological, or radiological hazards may produce a number of contaminated victims. Many of these may arrive at…
