Viral Outbreaks, Biosecurity, and Preparing for Mass Casualty Infectious Diseases Events

Auteur

Dr. Daniel Maxwell practices in Infectious Disease and Critical Care, a field that Dr. Perl introduced him to. His residency training, chief resident year, and fellowships were all completed at UT Southwestern and he has lived in Dallas, Texas since 2013, with the exception of a two-year hiatus for a deployment with the Army National Guard and volunteer medical work in South Sudan. He is interested in medical education, health equity, and the spectrum of infectious diseases from the clinic to the ICU.

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Written by authorities in infectious disease and disaster preparedness, this one-stop resource covers the relevant theoretical, historical, and pragmatic considerations of viral outbreaks and bioterrorism. It provides an expert overview of this complex area for infectious disease physicians, emergency medicine physicians, hospital administrators, and more. Explores the historical context of various agents and potential agents that could be used for bioterrorism, including anthrax, tularemia, smallpox, SARS, and more. Discusses the lessons learned from naturally occurring outbreaks that have enhanced preparedness at individual hospitals locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Provides forms, checklists, and algorithms throughout - invaluable resources for health care providers and administrators. Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into a single convenient resource.

Contenu

1. Historical Perspective The Organisms
   2. Anthrax
   3. Tularemia
   4. Plague
   5. VHF
   6. Small pox
   7. Influenza
   8. Avian Influenza
   Coronavirus
   9. SARS
   10. MERS-CoV
   Public Health Tracking, Prevention, and Planning
   11. Ethical issues with preparedness
   12. Surveillance strategies
   13. Translating Policy into Practice
   14. Planning for a Bioterrorism or Pandemic Event: Public Health Perspective
   15. Issues in healthcare settings (including assessing exposures)
   16. Transmission dynamics, modeling of outbreaks and interventions
   17. Recovery from large infectious diseases outbreak
   18. Diagnostics
   19. Prevention
   20. Designer pathogens and synthetic biology