Strengthening National Public Health Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Biological and Radiological Agent Threats (Nato Security Through Science)

Ensuring a coordinated public health, laboratory, and medical response to a natural disaster, an accidental release or a deliberate use of a chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) agent is a high priority for all countries. This publication contains the proceedings of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and Advanced Study Institute (ASI). The ASI, and this publication provides NATO and its allies with ways to enhance their national preparedness and response plans to CBR threats.The recommendations should be of interest to clinicians, researchers, and other scientists motivated by special interest in public health preparedness, as well as by national and NATO leaders and policy makers who are positioned to make a difference. Public health response to emergencies requires extensive, coordinated, considered efforts of the combined military and civilian public health resources of all NATO nations and NATO Partner nations.IOS Press is an international science, technical and medical publisher of high-quality books for academics, scientists, and professionals in all fields. Some of the areas we publish in: -Biomedicine -Oncology -Artificial intelligence -Databases and information systems -Maritime engineering -Nanotechnology -Geoengineering -All aspects of physics -E-governance -E-commerce -The knowledge economy -Urban studies -Arms control -Understanding and responding to terrorism -Medical informatics -Computer Sciences 1. Introduction -- The Need For Strengthening National Public Health Preparedness And Response To Cbr Agent Threats / Curtis E. Cummings, Elisaveta Stikova, Carol S. Larach And Peter D. Rumm -- 2. American Medical Association -- Basic Disaster Life Support (bdls) Course -- Healthcare Disasters: Local Preparedness, Global Response! / Raymond E. Swienton, Italo Subbarao And Phillip L. Coule -- 3. Epidemiology -- Pivotal Steps To Building Global Health Security / Elin A. Gursky -- Improvement Of An Integrated System Of Disease Surveillance In Georgia Under International Cooperation / Lela Bakanidze, Paata Imnadze, Shota Tsanava And Nikoloz Tsertsvadze -- 4. Informatics -- Public Health Preparedness: I-prevention And Global Health Network Supercourse / Faina Linkov, Ronald Laporte, Francois Sauer And Eugene Shubnikov -- Public Health Preparedness And Effective Access To Information: Getting The Most Out Of Your Pc / Eugene Tseytlin -- Information Security Approaches To Provide Social System Continuity In Conditions Of Chemical, Biological, Radiological And Nuclear Threats / Ron Laporte And Andrey Trufanov -- The Role Of Information Technologies And Science In The Prevention Of Bioterrorism / Eugene Shubnikov, Faina Linkov And Ronald Laporte -- 5. Modeling And Simulation Using Modeling And Simulation In Planning For Public Health Emergencies / C. Donald Robinson -- Modeling Munitions And Explosives Of Concern (mec) Cbrn Hazards: Novel Tools And Approaches For Strengthening The Conceptual Site Model For Public Health Preparedness / Chuck Tomljanovic And Conrad Volz -- 6. Biological Agents -- Crimean-congo Hemorrhagic Fever A Biological Weapon? / Etem Akbas 7. Chemical Agents -- Fundamentals Of Preparedness Against Chemical Threats Introduction / Alessandra Rossodivita, Elisaveta Jasna Stikova And Curtis E. Cummings -- Chemical Warfare Agents -- Medical Aspects And Principles Of Treatment, Part I -- Nerve Agents / Alessandra Rossodivita, Matteo Guidotti, Massimo C. Ranghieri, Elisaveta Jasna Stikova And Curtis E Cummings -- Chemical Warfare Agents -- Medical Aspects And Treatment Principles, Part Ii / Alessandra Rossodivita, Matteo Guidotti, Massimo C. Ranghieri And Elisaveta Jasna Stikova -- Chemical Warfare Agents: Weapons Of Mass Destruction Or Psychological Threats? / Matteo Guidotti, Massimo C. Ranghieri And Alessandra Rossodivita -- The Psychological Effects Of Biological Agents As Terrorist Weapons / Massimo C Ranghieri, Matteo Guidotti And Alessandra Rossodivita -- 8. Radiological Agents -- Medical Effects Of Ionizing Radiation / Curtis E. Cummings -- 9. Special Topics A Framework To Understand The Centrality Of Protection And Restoration Of Ecosystem Services To Water Management And Preparedness: An All-hazards Approach With Implications For Nato Plans And Operations / Conrad Daniel Volz -- Social Marketing As A Potentially Valuable Tool For Preparedness / Peter Rumm And Curtis E. Cummings -- Including Diverse Populations With Unique Needs In Emergency Planning / Carol S. Larach, Curtis E. Cummings And Marcia Polansky. Edited By C.e. Cummings And E. Stikova. Published In Cooperation With Nato Public Diplomacy Division. Proceedings Of The Nato Advanced Study Institute On Strengthening National Public Health Preparedness And Response To Chemical, Biological And Radiological Agent Threats, Skopje, Republic Of Macedonia, 19-29 June 2006.--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Title page......Page 1 Preface......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 7 List of Lecturers and Students......Page 9 Contents......Page 15 Introduction......Page 19 The Need for Strengthening National Public Health Preparedness and Response to CBR Agent Threats......Page 21 American Medical Association - Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) Course......Page 27 Healthcare Disasters: Local Preparedness, Global Response!......Page 29 Epidemiology......Page 33 Pivotal Steps to Building Global Health Security......Page 35 Improvement of an Integrated System of Disease Surveillance in Georgia Under International Cooperation......Page 43 Informatics......Page 49 Public Health Preparedness: I-Prevention and Global Health Network Supercourse......Page 51 Public Health Preparedness and Effective Access to Information: Getting the Most Out of Your PC......Page 57 Information Security Approaches to Provide Social System Continuity in Conditions of Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats......Page 63 The Role of Information Technologies and Science in the Prevention of Bioterrorism......Page 71 Modeling and Simulation......Page 81 Using Modeling and Simulation in Planning for Public Health Emergencies......Page 83 Modeling Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) CBRN Hazards: Novel Tools and Approaches for Strengthening the Conceptual Site Model for Public Health Preparedness......Page 95 Biological Agents......Page 105 Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever - A Biological Weapon?......Page 107 Chemical Agents......Page 113 Fundamentals of Preparedness Against Chemical Threats - Introduction......Page 115 Chemical Warfare Agents - Medical Aspects and Principles of Treatment, Part I - Nerve Agents......Page 121 Chemical Warfare Agents: Medical Aspects and Treatment Principles, Part II......Page 131 Chemical Warfare Agents: Weapons of Mass Destruction or Psychological Threats?......Page 141 The Psychological Effects of Biological Agents as Terrorist Weapons......Page 151 Radiological Agents......Page 157 Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation......Page 159 Special Topics......Page 171 A Framework to Understand the Centrality of Protection and Restoration of Ecosystem Services to Water Management and Preparedness: An All-Hazards Approach with Implications for NATO Plans and Operations......Page 173 Social Marketing as a Potentially Valuable Tool for Preparedness......Page 183 Including Diverse Populations with Unique Needs in Emergency Planning......Page 187 Author Index......Page 193