Physician’s Guide to Terrorist Attack

Part I. Responding to an Incident

Mass Casualty Events: Lessons Learned

Bonnie L. Smoak and James A. Geiling

Hospital Preparation and Response to an Incident

James A. Geiling

Physician Recognition of Bioterrorism-Related Diseases

Kevin Yeskey and Stephen A. Morse

Introduction to Biological, Chemical, Nuclear, and Radiological Weapons: With a Review of Their Historical Use

Clinton K. Murray

Part II. Biological Agents

Anthrax

Steven J. Durning and Michael J. Roy

Plague, Jennifer C. Thompson. Tularemia

Christian F. Ockenhouse

Brucellosis

David L. Hoover

Q Fever

R. Scott Miller

Melioidosis and Glanders,

Aileen M. Marty

Botulinum Toxins

Naomi E. Aronson

Ricin Toxin

Glenn Wortmann

Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B

David L. Blazes

Mycotoxins

Duane R. Hospenthal

Smallpox

James V. Lawler and Timothy H. Burgess

Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

Thomas W. Geisbert, Aileen M. Marty, and Peter B. Jahrling

Viral Encephalitides

Niranjan Kanesa-thasan

Part III. Chemical Agents

Pulmonary Toxic Agents

Rafael E. Padilla

Cyanide

Steven I. Baskin, Jonathan S. Kurche, and Beverly I. Maliner

Vesicants

Edward Lucci

Nerve Agents

Jonathan Newmark

Incapacitating Agents

Sage W. Wiener and Lewis S. Nelson

Riot Control Agents

Richard J. Thomas and Philip A. Smith

Part IV. Additional Considerations

Radiation Effects

Vijay K. Singh and Thomas M. Seed

Explosives

John M. Wightman and Barry A. Wayne

Psychological Impact of Terrorist Incidents

Timothy J. Lacy and David M. Benedek

Conclusions

Michael J. Roy

Index