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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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5051.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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| The threat to health security from intentional and unintentional disasters and emerging infectious diseases is growing. Well-trained health professionals are a critical component to disaster preparedness and response. This session will examine hospital characteristics for improving terrorism preparedness, the willingness of emergency personnel to respond to potential terrorist incidents, interdisciplinary approaches for training, new organizational models for emergency response, and preparedness planning for the World Trade Center. | |||
| Learning Objectives: Identify the hospital characteristics associated with greater preparedness for terrorism in the areas of training and drilling. Identify the benefits of using an interdisciplinary approach to training health professional students. Describe the willingness of emergency medical technicians to respond to potential terrorist incidents. Describe a new Incident Command System organizational model for emergency response. Describe emergency preparedness planning for the World Trade Center. | |||
| Rick Bissell | |||
| Training and Practicing for Terrorism in U.S. Hospitals Richard W. Niska, MD, MPH, Catharine Burt, EdD | |||
Willingness of emergency medical technicians to respond to terrorist incidents ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Charles DiMaggio, PhD, MPH, PA-C, David Markenson, MD | |||
| Bioterrorism and disaster preparedness for health professions students: An interdisciplinary approach Joshua Alexander, MPH, Steven J. Rottman, MD, Kimberley I. Shoaf, DrPH | |||
| Implementing the Incident Command System (ICS) in a local public health agency: Lessons from monkeypox and pertussis outbreaks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Paul Biedrzycki, MPH, MBA, Geoffrey Swain, MD, MPH, Angela M. Hagy, MSPH, Mat Wolters, MS, Douglas Gieryn, BS, RS, Bevan Baker, CHE | |||
| World Trade Center Evacuation Study: Organizational Barriers to Evacuation Robyn R.M. Gershon, MHS DrPH, Kristine Qureshi, RN, DNSc, Melissa Erwin, BA, Victoria H. Raveis, PhD, Tracy Durrah, DrPH, Marcie Rubin, MPH MPA | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Injury Control and Emergency Health Services | ||
| Endorsed by: | Academic Public Health Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Oral Health | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA