ABSTRACT
Introduction .................................................................................................... 23 Quantifying Medical System Response to the Threat .................................. 25
How Should an Event of Chemical or Biological Terrorism Be Detected? ........................................................................................... 27
Chemical Terrorism .................................................................. 27 Biological Terrorism.................................................................. 28
What Are the Resources Needed to Contend with the Event?........... 30 Chemical Terrorism .................................................................. 30 Biological Terrorism.................................................................. 34
How Should Medical Systems Prepare for Terrorism? ....................... 37 How Should an Event of Chemical or Biological Terrorism Be Reported? .......................................................................................... 39 What Safeguards Are There for Privacy? ............................................. 41 How Should the Event Be Investigated? .............................................. 43 How Can the National Security Be Maintained and Improved?....... 45
Pre-Event Detection and Mitigation........................................ 46 Release Detection and Venue Protection................................. 46 Symptomatic Recognition Strategy.......................................... 46 Disease Recognition Strategy ................................................... 46
Conclusion....................................................................................................... 47 References ........................................................................................................ 48
No matter whether the event is terrorism or natural disaster, all roads eventually lead to a hospital for the victims.
