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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451752803321

Titolo

Improving civilian medical response to chemical or biological terrorist incidents [[electronic resource] ] : interim report on current capabilities / / Committee on R&D Needs for Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical and Biological Terrorism Incidents, Division of Health Science Policy, Institute of Medicine [and] Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RosenPeter <1935->

ManningFrederick J

Disciplina

363.35

Soggetti

Chemical warfare - Health aspects

Terrorism - Government policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Peter Rosen, Chair, Frederick J. Manning, Project Director.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""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""