Improving civilian medical response to chemical or biological terrorist incidents : interim report on current capabilities /

This interim report focuses on current civilian capabilities rather than ongoing and planned research and development (R & D) programs, which will be addressed in the committee's final report. The interim report thus provides a baseline against which to evaluate the utility of technology an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on R & D Needs for Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical and Biological Terrorism Incidents, National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998.
Temas:
Chemical warfare > Health aspects.
Terrorism > Government policy > United States.
Civil defense.
Biological warfare.
Chemical agents (Munitions)
Emergency management.
Chemical warfare.
Bioterrorism.
Biological Warfare
Chemical Warfare Agents
Chemical Warfare
Bioterrorism
Civil Defense
Disaster Planning
Terrorisme > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Protection civile.
Guerre biologique.
Agents chimiques (Munitions)
Guerre chimique.
Bioterrorisme.
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
disaster planning.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Chemical warfare
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare > Health aspects
Civil defense
Emergency management
Terrorism > Government policy
United States
Computer network resources.
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  • Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical or Biological Terrorist Incidents
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CURRENT CIVILIAN CAPABILITIES
  • DETECTION
  • Detection of Agents in the Environment
  • Detection of Agent Exposure in Clinical Samples
  • Detection of Covert Exposures of a Population
  • PROTECTION
  • TREATMENT
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
  • INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 1 Introduction
  • LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND
  • CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE
  • ASSUMPTIONS AND PARAMETERS OF THIS REPORT.
  • 2 Current Civilian Capabilities
  • PREINCIDENT INTELLIGENCE
  • DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF AGENTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT
  • Chemical Agents
  • Biological Agents
  • PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
  • Chemical Agents
  • Biological Agents
  • SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PATIENT EXTRACTION
  • METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IN VICTIMS/PATIENTS
  • DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF AGENT EXPOSURE IN CLINICAL SAMPLES FROM PATIENTS
  • Chemical Agents
  • Nerve Agents
  • Vesicants
  • Cyanide
  • Biological Agents
  • METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING COVERT EXPOSURE OF A POPULATION.
  • MASS-CASUALTY TRIAGE TECHNIQUES/PROCEDURES
  • METHODS FOR DECONTAMINATING EXPOSED INDIVIDUALS
  • Chemical Agents
  • Biological Agents
  • AVAILABILITY, SAFETY, AND EFFICACY OF DRUGS AND OTHER THERAPIES
  • Chemical Agents
  • Nerve Agents
  • Vesicants
  • Cyanide
  • Biological Agents
  • Anthrax
  • Brucellosis
  • Pneumonic Plague
  • Q Fever
  • Tularemia
  • Smallpox
  • Viral Encephalitides
  • Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
  • Botulinum Toxins
  • Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB)
  • Ricin
  • T-2 Mycotoxin
  • PREVENTION, ASSESSMENT, AND TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS
  • 3 Conclusions and Recommendations.
  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
  • INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS
  • References
  • APPENDIX A Committee Biographies
  • APPENDIX B Committee Meeting Agenda
  • APPENDIX C Table of Lethal and Incapacitating Chemical Weapons
  • APPENDIX D Centers for Disease Control and Prevention List of Restricted Agents
  • VIRUSES
  • BACTERIA
  • RICKETTSIAE
  • FUNGI
  • TOXINS
  • APPENDIX E Excerpts from the Metropolitan Medical Strike Team Operational System Description
  • METROPOLITAN MEDICAL STRIKE TEAM
  • MISSION, CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS, AND TEAM ORGANIZATION
  • METROPOLITAN MEDICAL STRIKE TEAM
  • TEAM ACTIVATION.
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • IV. FIELD OPERATIONS GUIDE
  • APPENDIX F Excerpts from the National Disaster Medical System Home Page
  • OFFICIAL FACT SHEETS FROM NDMS
  • DMAT / NDMS / other related links
  • NDMS PARTNERS
  • THE PURPOSE OF THE NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM
  • Major Components of NDMS include
  • NDMS LEAD ORGANIZATIONS
  • THE NDMS DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAMS
  • NDMS STATISTICS
  • WHAT IS A DISASTER MORTUARY TEAM (DMORT)?
  • WHAT IS A VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM (VMAT)?
  • APPENDIX G Military Detection and Monitoring Equipment.

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