Links
American Hospital Association
AHA maintains a site for disaster preparedness; periodically updated. The site includes other important resources for crisis planning communications as well as social service resources for grief counseling for those suffering loss and post-traumatic stress.
http://www.aha.org/aha_app/issues/Emergency-Readiness/
American Academy of Family Practice
The AAFP provides numerous clinical resources focused on bioterrorism for medical practitioners.
http://familydoctor.org/710.xml
American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine
The ACP-ASIM provides a wealth of clinical resources on a site dedicated to bioterrorism resources.
http://www.ACPonline.org/bioterro
American Medical Association and Journal
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has published numerous articles on bioterrorism.
AMA Disaster Preparedness and Medical Response
The American Medical Association also provides a list of resources including the AMA policy and recommended procedures.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/6206.html
American Nurses Association
This site maintains updated information that may be helpful in planning.
http://www.nursingworld.org/news/disaster
American Institute of Architects
The AIA’s planning guidelines can be ordered from this Web site. Also provides tips on planning for the physical facility.
http://www.aia.org/aah_gd_hospcons
American Society for Healthcare Engineers
The ASHE Web site includes valuable information, updated periodically, on approaches to developing and renovating decontamination sites and procedures.
American Society of Microbiology
The ASM provides multiple resources on this page for the general public, including information on interstate transport of specimens.
http://www.asm.org/ Search "disaster."
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
Under the direction of Michael Osterholm, PhD, MPH, the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, an academic health center based in Minnesota, maintains a comprehensive list of resources on bioterrorism.
Homeland Security
This site for the new Department of Homeland Security includes basic information including development of a supply kit and a family communications plan.
Hospital Emergency Incident Command System
Incident Command Systems used by Fire Management systems has been adapted to healthcare. This system is now used almost universally by hospitals and other healthcare organizations. Two of the most commonly used and free resources are provided.
http://www.emsa.ca.gov/Dms2/heics3.htm
http://www.heics.com/index.html
Surge Capacity - Minnesota Emergency Preparedness Education and Training (MERET)
The MERET site has six modules including one on isolation and one on how to develop Temporary Negative Pressure rooms (TNP).
MERET: http://cpheo1.sph.umn.edu/meret
National Library of Medicine
Journal articles on chemical and biological terrorism are readily retrieved from the NLM’s public library, known as "PubMed." A search function provides easy access to abstracts.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
NSI National Security Institute
The NSI hosts a Security Resource Net web page with information on products and services including terrorism as listed in the left column index. Links are provided for example, to National Terrorism Precautions, Letter and Package Bomb Indicators, Bomb Threats and Physical Security Planning.