Bioterrorism Resources

New Releases Update to PDA Decision Support Tool - now includes identification and basic management of chemical attacks (posted 3.7.2003) ACP-ASIM Guide to Chemical Terrorism Identification Pocket Guide Smallpox Safety Summary from the Department of Defense Hospital Smallpox Vaccination Monitoring System (HSVMS)

• Overview
  • General Information
  • Psychological Resources
  • Bibliography
• Anthrax
• Smallpox
• Biotoxins Nerve Agents and Toxic Gases
• Plague, Tularemia and Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
• Additional Resources
  • Self Assessment
  • Speakers Bureau
  • PDA Portal
  • ACP-ASIM Clinical Practice Newsgroup
  • Courses
  • Other Web Resources
• News
• Public Policy and Advocacy
• FBI/Public Health Offices

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -
  Bioterrorism emergency planning and preparedness questionnaire for healthcare facilities
• MKSAP 12 Update product sample - Medical Aspects of Biological Weapons
• Bioterrorism Summaries from Annual Session 2002
• Bioterrorism Pocket Guide (Error Notice: please read)
• ACP-ASIM Observer Articles
  • Tips to treat the psychological fallout of trauma
  • The trouble with vaccines to fight bioterrorism
  • New technologies help laboratories fight bioterroism
• Annual Session News
• APIC: Bioterrorism Readiness Plan - A Template for Healthcare Facilities
• CDC Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response Plan
• JAMA articles on biological weapons
• MKSAP 12 article, Medical Aspects of Biological Terrorism
• The Role of Immunization in Protecting the US Against Bioterrorism
• ACP-ASIM Bioterrorism audiocassette tape
• Thoughts on Bioterrorism

• The Road to Resilience - This brochure describes resilience and some factors that affect how people deal with hardship. For copies of this brochure call 1-800-964-2000.
• MKSAP 12 Update
• PIER: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• The American Psychiatric Association Coping with a National Tragedy - Resources and Tools
• National Institute of Mental Health Response to Terrorist Acts Against America

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• Bibliographic information on Bioterrorism

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General Information

• Anthrax as a Biological Weapon, 2002 (JAMA article)
• ACP-ASIM Observer - Lesson's learned from last fall's anthrax attacks
• Quick Facts about Anthrax
  (PDA version available)
• CDC Interim Guidelines for Anthrax Exposure Management and Therapy
• Anthrax Information from the CDC
• How to Handle a Mailed Anthrax Threat
  (PDA version available)
• CDC Anthrax Videotapes

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  (PDA version available)
• PowerPoint Lecture on Cutaneous Anthrax
• American Academy of Dermatology Cutaneous Anthrax Management Algorithm
• Images of Cutaneous Anthrax and its Mimics
• PIER: Anthrax

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• JAMA articles (include chest x-ray and CT scan images)
  • Clinical Presentation of Inhalational Anthrax
  • Death Due to Inhalational Anthrax
• PIER: Anthrax

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Information for Patients on Anthrax

• How to Tell A Cold or Flu from Inhalational Anthrax
• Bioterrorism and Antibiotics - What You Should Know
• Medlineplus -The National Library of Medicine's health topic page on anthrax

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• Smallpox Safety Summary from the Department of Defense
• Hospital Smallpox Vaccination Monitoring System (HSVMS)
• Smallpox Pre-Vaccination Information Packet from the CDC
• Medical Letter On Drugs and Therapeutics
• New Smallpox Vaccination Pocket Reference Guide
• Quick Facts About Smallpox
• Quick Facts About Smallpox Vaccination
• Images of Smallpox and its Mimics
• PowerPoint Lecture on Smallpox
• Smallpox Information from the CDC
• CDC smallpox videotapes
• Smallpox Vaccination Clinic Guide - This guide is designed to facilitate and strengthen the ability of state and local officials to quickly and effectively implement large-scale vaccination clinics in response to a smallpox outbreak.
• PIER: Smallpox

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Information for Patients on Smallpox

• Frequently Asked Questions about Smallpox

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• PDA Decision Support Tool now includes identification and basic management of chemical attacks
• Quick Facts about Biotoxins
• Quick Facts about Nerve Agents
• Quick Facts about Toxic Gases
• ACP-ASIM Guide to Chemical Terrorism Identification Pocket Guide
• Medical Letter Prevention and Treatment of Injury from Chemical Warfare Agents

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• Quick facts about Plague
• Quick facts about Tularemia
• Quick facts about Viral Hemorrhagic fevers
• PIER: Ebola and Marburg Virus

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• Self-Assessment multiple-choice questions, answers, and critiques

• List of expert speakers on Bioterrorism and related topics

• For handheld users

• Read the latest news

• Online Course with the University of Alabama and the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
• Online Course with the Michigan Department of Health and the CDC

• Links to other valuable information sites

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• New York Times (past 7 days)
• CDC Press Releases
• CDC MMWR Weekly Report
• U.S. Department of State International Travel Warnings

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• College Positions on Bioterrorism

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• CDC Notification Protocol

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