05090nam 2200589Ia 450 991045175280332120151005070702.0(CKB)1000000000450607(EBL)3377817(SSID)ssj0000177367(PQKBManifestationID)11182963(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177367(PQKBWorkID)10215913(PQKB)10637636(OCoLC)49011796(MiAaPQ)EBC3377817(EXLCZ)99100000000045060719981204d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrImproving 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 CouncilWashington, D.C. National Academy Press19981 online resource (113 p.)Peter Rosen, Chair, Frederick J. Manning, Project Director.0-309-58394-2 Includes bibliographical references.""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""Chemical warfareHealth aspectsTerrorismGovernment policyUnited StatesElectronic books.Chemical warfareHealth aspects.TerrorismGovernment policy363.35Rosen Peter1935-875998Manning Frederick J857268Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Division of Health Sciences Policy.National Research Council (U.S.).Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451752803321Improving civilian medical response to chemical or biological terrorist incidents2176221UNINA