Cole, Leonard A.
Local Planning for Terror and Disaster: From Bioterrorism to Earthquakes
Developed from topics at recent Symposia on Terror Medicine and Security, Local Planning also encompassesaspects of emergency and disaster medicine, as well as techniques for diagnosis, rescue, coordination and security that are distinctive to a terrorist attack.Each chapteralso includes acase study that demonstrates preparedness, or lack thereof, for a real or hypothetical event, including lessons learned, next steps, and areas for improvement inthisglobal erawhich increasingly calls for preparedness at a local level.
Keywords: earthquakes; guide; responders; bioterrorism; emergency; unique; efforts; time; local; funding; preparedness; book; clarion; trend; call; response; catastrophe strikes; depends; center; biosecurity; upmc; discipline; addition; disaster; excellent, Clinical Microbiology (Medical), Chemical and Environmental Health and Safety, Clinical Microbiology (Medical), Chemical and Environmental Health and Safety
- Author(s)
- Cole, Leonard A.
- Connell, Nancy D.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2013
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 274 pages
- Category
- Natural Sciences
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118397756
- Printed ISBN
- 9781118112861