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Triage for civil support : using military medical assets to respond to terrorist attacks /

Even before the events of September 11, 2001, threat assessments suggested that the United States should prepare to respond to terrorist attacks inside its borders. This monograph examines the use of military medical assets to support civil authorities in the aftermath of a chemical, biological, rad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cecchine, Gary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : National Defense Research Institute and RAND Health, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The military health system and military support to civil authorities
  • The evolution of structures, systems, and processes for domestic preparedness-- Legal and other barriers to military support to civil authorities
  • Military medical support to civil authorities: historical case studies
  • Exercise-based studies of potential military medical support to civil authorities
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Appendix A: Interview protocol
  • Appendix B: Organizations interviewed and exercise participants
  • Appendix C: DoD directives related to civil support
  • Appendix D: Materials used in Georgia exercise
  • Appendix E: Smallpox outbreak model used in the Georgia exercise
  • Appendix F: Excerpt of quadrennial defense review.