Terrorism: Medical Response DVD is designed to train EMS, medical services, hospitals and public health agencies to prepare personnel in the medical community to be pro-active in planning for and responding to a terrorist incident.
Topics covered include:
~ Characteristics of various categories of biological and chemical agents
~ General indicators of a terrorist event
~ Symptoms of exposure
~ Elements of an emergency plan for hospitals and public health, including staffing issues & resource needs
~ Legal and security issues
~ Surveillance
~ Protective clothing
~ Decontamination
~ Treating and cohorting victims
~ Mass fatalities
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