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1024456
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b778826
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Assessing medical preparedness to respond to a terrorist nuclear event : : workshop report /\ Committee on Medical Preparedness for a Terrorist Nuclear Event ; Georges C. Benjamin, Michael McGeary and Susan R. McCutchen, editors ; Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
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Washington, D.C. :: National Academies Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (168 pages) :: illustrations
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0309130891
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: 128227497X
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: 9780309130899
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: 9781282274976
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0309130883
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9780309103882
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9780309130882
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Topic 1: Effects of a 10-kt ind detonation on human health and the area health care system -- Topic 2: Medical care of victims of the immediate and fallout effects of a 10-kt IND detonation -- Topic 3: Expected benefit of radiation countermeasures -- Topic 4: Protective actions and interventions in the event of a 10-kt IND detonation -- Topic 5: Risk communication, public reactions, and psychological consequences in the event of a 10-kt IND detonation -- Topic 6: Federal and state medical resources for responding to an IND event -- Topic 7: Current preparedness for responding to the immediate casualities of an IND event -- Topic 8: Current preparedness to prevent and treat the delayed casualties of an IND event.
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"A nuclear attack on a large U.S. city by terrorists--even with a low-yield improvised nuclear device (IND) of 10 kilotons or less--would cause a large number of deaths and severe injuries. The large number of injured from the detonation and radioactive fallout that would follow would be overwhelming for local emergency response and health care systems to rescue and treat, even assuming that these systems and their personnel were not themselves incapacitated by the event. The United States has been struggling for some time to address and plan for the threat of nuclear terrorism and other weapons of mass destruction that terrorists might obtain and use. The Department of Homeland Security recently contracted with the Institute of Medicine to hold a workshop, summarized in this volume, to assess medical preparedness for a nuclear detonation of up to 10 kilotons. This book provides a candid and sobering look at our current state of preparedness for an IND, and identifies several key areas in which we might begin to focus our national efforts in a way that will improve the overall level of preparedness."--Publisher's description.
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Disaster medicine-- United States.
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Emergency management-- United States.
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Emergency medical services-- United States.
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Radiation injuries-- United States.
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Terrorism-- Health aspects-- United States.
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Disaster medicine.
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Emergency management.
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Emergency medical services.
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HEALTH FITNESS-- Diseases-- Contagious.
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MEDICAL-- Infectious Diseases.
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Radiation injuries.
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Disaster Planning-- United States, Congresses.
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Radiation Injuries-- prevention control-- United States, Congresses.
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Civil Defense-- United States, Congresses.
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Emergency Medical Services-- organization administration-- United States, Congresses.
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Mass Casualty Incidents-- United States, Congresses.
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Nuclear Warfare-- United States, Congresses.
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Terrorism-- United States, Congresses.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.196/9897
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| LC Classification
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RA645.5.A87x 2009eb
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2009 K-806
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WA 295A845 2009
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Benjamin, Georges.
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McCutchen, Susan R.
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McGeary, Michael G. H.
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Committee on Medical Preparedness for a Terrorist Nuclear Event.
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