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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
4254.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Recent events have highlighted the need for public health and environmental health professionals to be able to respond to emergency situations. Central to these responses is the ability to mobilize resources to meet short term and long term health challenges. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Identify the magnitude of the range of emergencies that might affect the public. 2. Assist in describing the nature of immediate health problems that might present themselves to hospitals and the health care system. 3. Assess some of the long term responses that might be necessary to protect health and reassure the public. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Robin Lee, MPH Kevin Delaney, MPH | |||
| Wanda Lizak Welles, PhD | |||
| Session Abstract: Proposed session title: Preparing for the integrated emergency response: From the hazardous materials event to the hospital emergency department Wanda Lizak Welles, PhD, Rebecca E Wilburn, MPH | |||
| Hospital emergency department readiness:Responding to patients exposed to hazardous substances Wanda Lizak Welles, PhD, Rebecca E Wilburn, MPH | |||
| NYHSEES: Using information on hazardous substances releases and their public health consequences to prepare for the future Wanda Lizak Welles, PhD, Rebecca E Wilburn, MPH | |||
| Indoor air quality in Lower Manhattan: Results of a long term, multiple analyte sampling program Shannon R. Magari, ScD, MPH, MS, Mary Castle, MS, Greg W. Richey, MS, CIH, CSP | |||
| Managing the environmental and public health impact of controlled building implosions: The Philadelphia experiment Paula Murrain, BS, Morris Fine, David Tollerud, MD, MPH | |||
| Radiation information: Assessing and meeting the needs of the public Ron Bialek, MPP, Paul Locke, DrPH, JD, Jacolyn Dziuban, Jennifer Stanley, MA | |||
| Organized by: | Environment | ||
| Endorsed by: | Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Environmental Health, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | ||