AMA - Medicine's Role in Responding to Terrorism

Medicine’s Role in Responding to Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Is Your Community Ready?

Location:	American Medical Association Annual Meeting, Chicago Hilton, Chicago, IL
Date:	Saturday, June 19,1999
Time:	13:00-16:00

Sponsored By the Federal and Military Section of the American Medical Association and The Council on Scientific Affairs

Goals of Forum

Goal Number 1:	To Educate Physicians to Recognize and Diagnose the Health Effects of Biological and Chemical Terrorism
Goal Number 2:	To Describe the Role Of Early Notification and Involvement of Public Health Officials.
Goal Number 3:	To Present Basic Management Strategies to Care for Victims of Biological and Chemical Terrorism
Goal Number 4:	To Characterize the Available Resources with Regards to Biological and Chemical Terrorism Issues.
Goal Number 5:	To Familiarize Physicians with the Psychiatric Aspects and Consequences of Terrorism.

Proposed Agenda

Welcome

Colonel Emmanuel Cassimatis Medical Corps United States Army, Chairperson, Federal and Military Section

Download the following Powerpoint presentations.

13:00-13:05	Introductory Remarks by RADM Ken Moritsugu USPHS
13:05-13:25	DoD Medical Efforts in Response to a Domestic CBW Terrorist Incident -- The Honorable Dr. Sue Bailey, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Click here for the graphics-enhanced presentation. (This graphics-enhanced version requires substantial download time.)
13:25-13:40	Characterization of Biological and Chemical Threats Colonel Ed Eitzen Medical Corps United States Army.
13:40-13:55	Overview of Chemical Agents -- Colonel Gary Hurst Medical Corps United States Army . Click here for a graphics-enhanced version of the presentation. (This graphics-enhanced version requires substantial download time.)
13:55-14:15	Overview of Biological Agents -- Lieutenant Colonel George Christopher Medical Corps United States Air Force
14:15-14:45	The Public Health Response to Bioterrorism -- Captain Scott Lillibridge Medical Corps United States Public Health Service.
14:45-14:55	Break
14:55-15:15	Psychiatric Aspects and Consequences of Bioterrorism -- Colonel Ann Norwood Medical Corps United States Army.
15:15-15:35	Organizing Medicine’s Response to Bioterrorism -- Dr. Kenneth Kizer, Under Secretary for Veterans Affairs.
15:35-15:45	Issues for Organized Medicine to Meet the Threat of Terrorism – The View of the Council on Scientific Affairs -- Dr. Scott Deitchman, Council on Scientific Affairs
15:45-16:00	Questions and Answers