A MODEL RESPONSE TO
BIOTERRORISM: Pennsylvania
Region 13-WMD Task Force
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Bioterrorism - Health - Lecture Slides, Slides of Public Health
Human health has more critical problems than any other living thing. Human health has more invented terms than any other scientific field we know(my conclusion). Few words from this lecture are: Bioterrorism, Pennsylvania Region, Task Force, Emergency Management Coordinator, Mass Casualty, Funding, Law Enforcement, Mmrs Planning, Mass Immunization, Environmental Surety
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A MODEL RESPONSE TO
BIOTERRORISM: Pennsylvania
Region 13-WMD Task Force
- This lecture is one of series produced by the Allegheny County Health Department (PA), Bethlehem Health Bureau (PA) and the City of Elizabeth Department of Health & Human Services (NJ).
- The organizers of this project are scholars in the Northeast Regional Public Health Leadership Institute, Class of 2000.
- Mr. Piposzar is a career public health employee with 25 years of service in all aspects of public health. He coordinates health department emergency management functions with other federal, state, county and municipal agencies. He is a member of the Allegheny County Emergency Planning Committee, where he chairs the Medical and Health Subcommittee. He authored a “Multi-hospital Emergency Medical Plan for Hazardous Materials Emergencies” and developed and implemented a nationally recognized training program. His work has been recognized by EPA, the Ford Foundation, and Allegheny County government, among others.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the factors necessary to organize a community to protect against bioterrorism.
- Understand the basic threats from bioterrorism.
- Understand how bioterrorism events are diagnosed.
Metropolitan Medical Response
System
A Regional, System-Based Approach to Mass Casualty & Nuclear, Biological, and/or Chemical (NBC) Terrorism Preparedness
PENNSYLVANIA-REGION 13
PITTSBURGH
- Foster networking and sharing of
information.
- Develop criminal intelligence protocol’s
and procedures.
- Deliver highly trained and equipped teams
of responders at the local and regional levels.
- Ensure the highest level of Life Safety
response at a responsible cost to taxpayers.
Funding
- $600,000 Metropolitan Medical
Response System
(MMRS)
- $395,000 MMRS-RISC TEAM
Project
- $300,000 Department of Justice
- $28,500 FEMA
Hampton Roads
Pittsburgh
Nashville
St. Louis
Charlotte
Minneapolis / St. Paul
Fort Worth
El Paso Austin
Albuquerque
Salt Lake City
Oakland
Long Beach Tucson
Portland
New Orleans
Sacramento
Cleveland
Oklahoma City Tulsa
MMRS Planning
♦ 300+ individuals
♦ 87 organizations and
♦ 65 hospitals
♦ Monthly meetings- 3rd Thursdays
♦ E-mail network & secure web site
MMRS PLANNING
Types - Biological Agents
- Bacteria: Plague, Anthrax, Tularemia
- Viruses: Smallpox, VEE, Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers (Ebola)
- Toxins: Botulinum, Ricin, SEB
Anthrax - vegetated
SURVEILLANCE- EARLY
RECOGNITION
Physicians and nurse gatekeepers
Infection control practitioners
Laboratories
Pharmacies
Veterinarians
Coroners/ medical examiners
911 - Centers
Criminal Intelligence + Medical
Intelligence = Threat assessment
Notifications to Health Officials
Reportable diseases
Unusual disease occurrences
Suspect cases- “syndromic” surveillance
Allegheny County Health Department
412-687-
Pa. Department of Health S.W District
412-565-