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Washington
State Department of Health (DoH):
General Information on Emergency Preparedness and Response:
Includes informational links on biological illness, links
to Washington State agencies, U.S. government links, and links to
Washington State news releases regarding bioterrorism and disaster
issues. |
| Biological
Agents Reference Chart:
References various biological agents, detection
methodologies, and treatments. |
| Chemical
Agents Reference Chart:
References various chemical agents, symptoms, and
treatments. |
| General
Information for EMTs and Paramedics on Bioterrorism/Disaster
Response:
Includes information on agents most likely to be
encountered in the field, common syndromes, clues to unnatural
occurrences, and bioagents vs. the flu. |
| Chart
of Bioterrorist Agents – Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment:
Listing of potential diseases, signs, symptoms,
incubation times, isolation, diagnosis, post-exposure prophylaxis,
and treatments. |
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Critical Steps for Handling Possible Bioterrorism Events:
Includes information on protecting yourself and your
patient, patient assessment and decontamination, diagnosis,
treatment, infection control, and alerting the proper authorities. |
| Bioagent
Infection Control Measures:
Specifies infection control measures for bioagents,
including standard precautions, airborne precautions, droplet
precautions, and contact precautions. |
| Medical
Evaluation and Response Guidance for
Possible Anthrax Exposures, including 10/12/01 CDC Official Health
Advisory:
Includes information on assessment of individual risk
exposure, credibility of threat, risk-based medical management of
possible exposures, high-credibility exposure situations, signs
and symptoms of anthrax infection, including inhalation,
gastrointestinal, and cutaneous anthrax. |
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Washington State WMD-All Hazards Protocols |
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Additional
Bioterrorism/Disaster Information |
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Center
for Disease Control |
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Department of Homeland Security |
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Medical NBC
Online Information Server |
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