Terrorist incidents emergency

Emergency Response to Terrorism Job Aid (for Fire/EMS/HazMat/Law Enforcement Personnel) A very well done, pocket-sized manual on plastic stock that actually tells first responders extensive basic information about what needs to be done at a terrorist incident. This handbook was designed, produced and distributed through a joint partnership of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Fire Administration, and the... 

Updated to reflect the numerous advances that have evolved since the September 11 terrorist attacks, Emergency Response Handbook for Chemical and Biological Agents and Weapons, Second Edition maintains its reputation as a comprehensive training manual for emergency responders to incidents involving nuclear, biological, and chemical materials. 

Reference labs, sometimes referred to as confirmatory reference, can perform tests to detect and confirm the presence of a threat agent. These labs ensure a timely local response in the event of a terrorist incident. Rather than having to rely on confirmation from labs at CDC, reference labs are capable of producing conclusive results. This allows local authorities to respond quickly to emergencies. 

Treatment of the victims exposed to sarin and VX in the Japanese terrorist incidents is similar in many ways to the descriptions of the Sidell casualties . All victims were seen in hospital emergency rooms where treatment was initiated. In cases of severe poisoning, atropine therapy was given IV, which insures maximum therapeutic effect within minutes. Nozaki and Aikawa (1995) described the treatment of one severely poisoned patient of the Tokyo subway exposures at Keio University Hospital. The patient arrived at the hospital in a coma 1 h after exposure (Glasgow coma scale El M1V1), displaying profuse sweating and oral secretions, convulsions,... 

For purposes of this report, we differentiate four levels of medical intervention, primarily on the basis of proximity to the precipitating event or initial victims. Response to a distinct, immediately recognizable terrorist incident (as opposed to a covert release of an agent whose effects would not be apparent for hours or days) would, in most instances, be initiated by law enforcement or fire and rescue personnel, followed at some point by a hazardous materials (Hazmat) team and emergency medical technicians. This is the group referred to in Table 1-1 as "Local Responders." In the same table, "Initial Treatment Facilities" refers to the fixed-site medical facilities to which victims might initially be transported (or transport themselves) or that might initially be called upon for assistance by victims or personnel on the scene. Under "State" in the table, we... 

Evaluative research is needed on interventions for preventing or ameliorating adverse psychological effects in emergency workers, victims, and near-victims. Specific crisis intervention methods may be necessary for chemical or biological terrorist incidents, but in the absence of such incidents researchers might draw on studies of chemical spills, epidemics of infectious disease, and more conventional terrorist incidents. 

Federal Emergency Management Agency. 1997. Terrorist Incident Annex to the Federal Response Plan, Document No. FEMA 229. Washington, DC Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

The NFPA 130 Standard establishes minimum requirements that will provide a reasonable degree of safety from fire and its related hazards. The standards provided hy NFPA 130 contrihute to the life safety for a hroad range of emergencies, including strucmral failure, natural disasters such as earthquakes, and terrorist incidents. 

This section empowers the Secretary of State, by order following consultation, to place a duty on fire and rescue authorities to respond to other, specific types of emergency, as defined by order, such as flooding and terrorist incidents. The order to respond can be outside the geographic area which is the responsibility of any particular authority. 

The response of the NHS, emergency services and any individual responders or groups (such as local BASICS practitioners) is covered in Chapter 2. This chapter covers the response to a terrorist incident at a national level when this is necessary, bearing in mind that the majority of incidents will be handled by local agencies. 

I commend Responding to Terrorism a medical handbook to the emergency services and to the Health Service as well as to any other individual or group who might be called upon to provide assistance at a terrorist incident. I hope and believe it may make a small contribution to making a difficult job a little easier. 

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