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TERRORISM OR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
A Tale of Two Cities: Toronto
& New Orleans - The Role of the Legal and Business Communities
in Recovering from an Emergency
Gene
W. Matthews, JD, Director of the Institute of Public Health Law,
discusses the importance of government and the business community
working together in the area of public health, especially during
emergencies, and how the legal community can assist in building
a bridge between the two sectors.
After the Bioterrorism: Remediation and Recovery
Murray Cohen, PhD, MPH, CIH, President and CEO of Consultants in
Disease and Injury Control, Inc., and Dorothy Canter, PhD, Chief
Scientist for Bioterrorism, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response at the EPA, discuss the topics of remediation and recovery
after a bioterrorism event.
Agroterrorism
Preparedness in Georgia
Lee Myers, DVM, MPH, Dipl. ACVPM, a veterinarian and assistant commissioner
of the Animal Industry for the Georgia Department of Agriculture
discusses the importance of agriculture awareness and how vulnerable
the food sector is to agroterrorism.
An Overview: Attacks on Agriculture
and the Food Supply
Rocco Casagrande, PhD, Director of the Homeland Security Program
at Abt Associates, provides an overview of attacks on both agriculture
and the food supply.
Anthrax
at Emory? A Multi-Agency Response to a Suspicious Envelope
This web-based case study describes an incident involving a suspicious
envelope that occurred on the Emory University campus in September
2002.
Biological
Weapons: From the Invention of State-Sponsored Programs to Contemporary
Bioterrorism
Jeanne Guillemin, PhD, a professor of sociology at Boston College,
discusses the long history of biological warfare.
CDC’s Historical Role in Preparedness: A Look at Several Historical Perspectives
Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, Director of the Emory Global Health Institute and former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses historic threats to the public health of our nation and the world and the efforts to prepare for and mitigate these threats.
City Under Water:
Flood Emergencies and Public Health
The goal of this web-based case study is to familiarize learners
with flood disasters, and how the public health workforce responds
to a flood emergency.
Defense Against the Biothreat
Kenneth Alibek, MD, PhD, ScD, President of Advanced Biosystems,
Inc. discusses the threat of biological agents, such as anthrax
and smallpox, being used as weapons for terrorism.
Disaster Preparedness for the Emergency
Responder – An Oxymoron?
Betsy Gard, PhD, President of the Georgia Psychological Association,
discusses organizational and systemic issues pertaining to emergency
responders in light of a disaster.
Emerging Threats in Public Health:
Agroterrorism
This multimedia training is designed to educate public health professionals
about agroterrorism. The content is divided into two modules. Module
1: Introduction to Agroterrorism; Module 2: Agroterrorism and the
Public Health Response.
Emerging Threats in Public Health: Bioterrorism
This multimedia training is designed to educate public health professionals
about bioterrorism. The content is divided into two modules. Module
1: Introduction to Bioterrorism; Module 2: Biological Agents.
Emerging Threats in Public Health: Chemical
Terrorism
This multimedia training is designed to educate public health professionals
about chemical terrorism. The content is divided into two modules.
Module 1: Introduction to Chemical Terrorism; Module 2: Chemical
Agents.
Emerging Threats in Public Health:
Explosives
This multimedia training is designed to educate public health professionals
about explosives. The content is divided into two modules. Module
1: Introduction to Explosives; Module 2: Explosives and the Public
Health Response.
Emerging Threats in Public Health: Radiological
and Nuclear Terrorism
This multimedia training is designed to educate public health professionals
about radiological and nuclear terrorism. The content is divided
into two modules. Module 1: Introduction to Radiological and Nuclear
Terrorism; Module 2: Radiation and the Public Health Response.
Emerging Threats in Public
Health: Pandemic Influenza
This multimedia training is designed to educate public health professionals
about pandemic influenza. The content is divided into two modules.
Module 1: Introduction to Pandemic Influenza; Module 2: Avian Influenza
and the Public Health Response.
Excellence in Our Own Backyard
A panel of presenters from NACCHO (Michael Fraser, PhD), the DeKalb
Center for Public Health Preparedness (Darren Collins, BS) and the
East Central Health District Advance Practice Center (Frank Rumph,
MD) provide an overview of the Advanced Practice Center national
program and mission.
Issues Associated with Population
Protection from Disaster and Infectious Disease and the Role of
Public Health
Michael J. Hopmeier, President of Unconventional Concepts, Inc.,
discusses management issues related to population protection and
care, such as the definition of “success,” who should
be in charge, and the standard of care versus sufficient care.
Legal
Authorities for Public Health Emergencies
James J. Misrahi, JD, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
Office of the General Counsel, examines the current status of public
health law in the country.
Local Heroes - proud. professional.
prepared.
Local Heroes is a training and social marketing campaign designed
to engage public health workers in preparedness efforts and to provide
them with tools and strategies to implement the program in their
organization.
Master the Disaster!
Master the Disaster! is an emergency preparedness tabletop exercise builder. This interactive and customizable tool includes seven public health emergency scenarios (anthrax, botulism, hurricane, pandemic influenza, plague, radiological dispersal devices, and smallpox).
Master the Disaster2!
Master the Disaster!2 (MtD2) is an emergency preparedness tabletop exercise builder. This interactive and customizable tool includes six public health emergency scenarios: Chempack (organophosphate spill), flood, and nuclear attack, as well as three hospital evacuation scenarios—precipitated by earthquake, ice storm, or tornado.
Military Observations during a Public
Health System Emergency
Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré, Commanding General,
First United States Army, discusses the impact of Hurricane Katrina
from a military perspective.
Monitoring Public Health at the 2004
G8 Summit: Routine and Syndromic Surveillance in Georgia
The goal of this web-based case study is to familiarize learners
with how disease surveillance systems operate in Georgia, and the
measures that were taken to monitor disease during the 2004 G8 Summit.
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn discusses his role and perspective
as co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat
Initiative, a charitable organization working to reduce the global
threats for nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
Nurses’ Protocol Training
(Georgia Division of Public Health)
Cherie L. Drenzek, DVM, MS, medical epidemiologist with the Georgia
Division of Public Health, presents information from the Protocol
Manual for Biological and Chemical Agents – June 2004 (Georgia
Department of Human Resources, Georgia Division of Public Health).
Outbreak Investigations in the
21st Century: Using New Systems to Protect the Public’s Health
Richard Besser, MD, Director of the Coordinating Office for Terrorism
Preparedness and Emergency Response at the CDC, discusses changes
and technological advances affecting public health preparedness
and response.
Pandemic Influenza Preparedness:
Emory University and Other Academic Institutions
Walter A. Orenstein, MD, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics,
and Alexander Isakov, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine,
discuss pandemic influenza preparedness planning at Emory University.
Plants, People, and Pathogens:
Public Health and Crop Security in an Age of Bio-Preparedness
Jacqueline
Fletcher, PhD, of the Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology
at Oklahoma State University, talks about the vulnerability of plants
to emerging pathogens, pests and their potential for usage in bioterrorist
attacks.
POD/Dispensing Site Operations Training
This training focuses on the operation of a POD (Point of Dispensing) – also referred to as a Dispensing Site – for public health staff, emergency management professionals, and trained volunteers.
Public Health Emergency Preparedness:
Lessons Learned and Progress Made Since 2001
Marcelle Layton, MD, is the Assistant Commissioner for the Communicable
Disease Program at the NYC Department of Health. Dr. Layton discusses
what happened in NYC in 2001 from her perspective and focuses on
the lessons learned.
Public Health Preparedness - Do
We Know What It Is?
Michael T. Osterholm, PhD, MPH, Director of the Center for Infectious
Disease Research and Policy and Professor in the School of Public
Health at the University of Minnesota, discusses the subjects of
public health and the meaning of preparedness.
Ready or Not? A Picture of the
Nation's Preparedness for the Unpredictable Health Emergency
Shelley Hearne, DrPH, Founding Executive Director, Trust for America's
Health, discusses the state of the Nation's public health preparedness
at the federal and state levels.
Responding to Accidental Releases
of Chlorine: A Discussion with Georgia and South Carolina Public
Health Officials
Bruce (Jeff) Jeffries, MA, PA of the Georgia Division of Public
Health and Mary Anne Wenck, DVM, MPH of the South Carolina Division
of Health and Environmental Control present their experiences as
public officials responding to possible accidental releases of chlorine.
Role of the Medical Examiner
in Public Health Preparedness
Randy
Hanzlick, MD, Chief Medical Examiner, Fulton County, Georgia, and
Professor of Forensic Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine,
discusses the development and current status of death investigation
systems in the United States and Georgia.
Terrorism and Tourism
Peter E. Tarlow, PhD, President of Tourism and More, Inc., discusses
issues of terrorism and tourism.
Terrorism Preparedness … Plans,
Products, People, and Practice
Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH, Director of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, discusses public health preparedness and
summarizes some of the lessons learned since the experiences of
Fall 2001.
The Demon in the Freezer
Richard Preston, author of The Hot Zone, The Cobra Event, and, his
most recent novel, Demon in the Freezer discusses his experiences
writing about bioterrorism and what he considers to be the reality
of the threat.
The G-8 Summit: Continuing to Evaluate
& Improve the Process & Goals of Public Health Preparedness
Lee Smith, State Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for the Georgia
Division of Public Health, presents issues involved in developing
a seamless security and preparedness plan for the 2004 G8 Summit.
The Human Side of Crisis
Bruce Blythe, CEO of Crisis Management International, Inc., discusses
the human side of crisis.
Twenty
Years of Medical Preparedness for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological
Emergencies in Israel
Lion Poles, MD, a cardiologist at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot,
Israel, discusses his belief that Israel is medically prepared for
mass toxicological incidents.
What I Wished I Had Learned
in Nursing School ... About Emergency Preparedness
Becky Evans Kelly, BSN, RN, former Nursing Coordinator for Emergency
Preparedness and Public Health for the Northwest Region of Louisiana,
discusses her personal experiences and challenges while working
in a relief shelter following Hurricane Katrina.
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