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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826052003321

Titolo

Preparing for terrorism : tools for evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program / / Frederick J. Manning and Lewis Goldfrank, editors ; Committee on Evaluation of the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, c2002

ISBN

0-309-16936-4

1-280-18376-4

9786610183760

0-309-50203-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xx, 310 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

ManningFrederick J

GoldfrankLewis R. <1941->

Disciplina

362.18

Soggetti

Disaster medicine

Emergency medical services

Terrorism - Health aspects

Weapons of mass destruction - Health aspects

Emergency management

Health planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Community Emergency Management and Available Federal Assistance -- 3 Federal Efforts to Increase State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism -- 4 Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Contracts -- 5 Measurement and Data Collection in Evaluation -- 6 Preparedness Indicators -- 7 Feedback to Office of Emergency Preparedness on Program Management -- 8 Feedback to Office of Emergency Preparedness on Program Success -- 9 Closing Remarks -- References -- A Committee and Staff Biographies -- B Selected Information About Federal Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Consequence Management



Response Teams (Appendix II, General Accounting Office Report GAO-01-14) -- C Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Cities -- D 2000 MMRS Contract Deliverable Evaluation Instrument -- E Preparedness Indicators for Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Contract Deliverables -- F Scenarios and Discussion Materials for Use on Site Visits.