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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (113 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.35
• Soggetto topico: Chemical warfare - Health aspects; Terrorism - Government policy - United States
• Altri autori: RosenPeter <1935-> ManningFrederick J
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Improving civilian medical response to chemical or biological terrorist incidents
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829039403321
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