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…
Personal Protective Equipment Joshua G. Schier Robert S. Hoffman INTRODUCTION A hazardous substance (HS) may be defined simply as any substance that is potentially toxic to living systems (1). A…
Federal, State, Regional, and Local Resource Access and Utilization David W. Gruber INTRODUCTION An act of terrorism is by nature a surprise event that shocks any medical system. People, equipment,…
Mass Gathering Preparedness Carl Menckhoff Michael Shaw INTRODUCTION The classic definition of a mass gathering is a group of greater than 1,000 people (1,2,3,4), although the vast majority of the…
Community Public Health Preparedness Scott F. Wetterhall Darren F. Collins INTRODUCTION For a mere 37 cents, the first wide-scale intentional attack with a biological agent began in the autumn of…
