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Disaster Readiness: Resources Guidance For Health Professionals
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Initial
Management | Diagnostic
and Treatment Aids | Mental
Health | Laboratory
General
- Johns
Hopkins University, Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies
The purpose of the Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies is to increase
national and international awareness of the medical and public health
threats posed by biological weapons; build a knowledge base and broader
appreciation of the scope of the threat posed by the major biological
agents and possible medical and public health responses to them; and
catalyze development of effective and practical systems to respond to
epidemics.
- Biodefense
Quarterly Newsletter
Biodefense Quarterly is a Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense
Studies newsletter published to increase national and international
knowledge and awareness of the medical and public health threats posed
by biological weapons.
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Initial Clinical Management
- MMWR
Notice: Considerations for Distinguishing Influenza-Like Illness
from Inhalational Anthrax (November 9, 2001) Notice describes the
clinical evaluation of persons who are not known to be at increased
risk for anthrax but who have symptoms of influenza-like illness.
- Managing
Hazardous Material Incidents
By Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
The Managing Hazardous Material Incidents series is a three-volume set
(with a video) comprised of recommendations for on-scene (pre-hospital)
and hospital medical management of patients exposed during a hazardous
materials incident. (2001)
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Volume I - Emergency
Medical Services: A Planning Guide for the Management of Contaminated
Patients Planning guides to assist first responders in planning
for incidents that involve hazardous materials. |
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Volume II - Hospital
Emergency Departments: A Planning Guide for the Management of
Contaminated Patients Planning guides to assist hospital emergency
department personnel in planning for incidents that involve hazardous
materials. |
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Volume III - Medical
Management Guidelines (MMGs) for Acute Chemical Exposures
Guides for health care professionals who treat persons who have
been exposed to hazardous materials. |
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Video - Community
Challenge: Hazardous Materials Response and the Emergency Medical
System Training video for Volumes I & II. |
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Clinical Diagnostic & Treatment Aids
- Children
and Anthrax: A Fact Sheet for Clinicians (November 7, 2001)
By the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
- MMWR
Update: Investigation of Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax and Interim
Guidelines for Exposure Management and Antimicrobial Therapy (October
26, 2001)
Includes information on the susceptibility of testing B. anthracis isolates,
managing threats, handling of suspicious packages or envelopes, managing
exposures, antimicrobial treatment, inhalational anthrax treatment protocol
and the cutaneous anthrax treatment protocol.
- Medical
Management of Biological Casualties Handbook.
By the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Fourth Edition. Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland. (February 2001)
Handbook includes a glossary of medical terms; instructions on patient
isolation precautions; and differential diagnosis and comparative lethality
of toxins versus nerve agents
- Medical
Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare
By the Office of The Surgeon General at TMM Publications, Borden Institute,
Walter Reed Army Medical Center (1997)
Online medical textbook.
- CDC
Bioterrorism Agent Sheets
Disease/agent specific information pertaining to two basic categories:
biological agents/diseases and chemical agents
- Biologic
Agent Information Papers
By the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases.
- JAMA Articles
- APIC
Bioterrorism Agent Sheets
By Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
A collection of Fact Sheets submitted to the APIC by their membership.
- CSB&I
Bioterrorism Agents Fact Sheets
By Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections, Saint
Louis University, School of Public Health
Bioterrorism agent specific fact sheets for clinical settings.
- Potential
Biological Weapons Threats
By Mark G. Kortepeter and Gerald W. Parker, U.S. Army Medical Research
Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland.
Emerging Infections Diseases Vol. 5 No. 4 (July-August 1999)
The list of agents that could pose the greatest public health risk in
the event of a bioterrorist attack is short. However, although short,
the list includes agents that, if acquired and properly disseminated,
could cause a difficult public health challenge in terms of our ability
to limit the numbers of casualties and control the damage to our cities
and nation.
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Mental Health Resources
Publications
- Field
Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters
(2000)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
Pocket reference intended for mental health workers and other human
service providers who assist survivors following a disaster. Provides
the basics of disaster mental health, with numerous specific and practical
suggestions for workers, including essential information about disaster
survivors' reactions and needs, "helping" skills are described
with guidance for when to refer for professional assistance, and strategies
for worker stress prevention and management.
- Disaster
Mental Health Services: A Guidebook for Clinicians and Administrators
(1998)
Department of Veterans Affairs
This guidebook is an introduction to the field of disaster mental health
(DMH) for clinicians and administrators. Practical guidelines and background
information are provided. The focus is on the pragmatics of delivering
disaster mental health services at disaster sites and over the long
term in affected communities.
Articles
- Trauma
and PTSD: Aftermaths of the WTC Disaster (2001)
By Martin L. Korn, M.D. Medscape Mental Health 6(5), 2001. Registration
is needed to access Medscape articles, but registration is free.
An Interview with Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.
- Post-traumatic
Stress Disorder (2001)
By Martin L. Korn, M.D. Medscape Mental Health 6(5), 2001. Registration
is needed to access Medscape articles, but registration is free.
An Interview with Marilyn Bowman, PhD.
- How
to Help Children When Disaster Strikes (2001)
By Gregory K. Fritz, M.D. Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior
Letter 17(10): 1, 3-4, 2001
- Expert
Consensus Treatment Guidelines for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A
Guide for Patients and Families (1999)
By Edna B. Foa, Ph.D., Jonathan R. T. Davidson, M.D., Allen Frances,
M.D., and Ruth Ross, M.A. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 1999;
60 (supplement 16).
Guide includes recommendations contained in the Expert Consensus
Treatment Guidelines for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety
Disorders Association of America.
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Laboratory Resources
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