Invited Speakers: Experts from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other institutions will present the program.
Program:
Health care providers involved in the day-to-day task of caring for patients in a peacetime military setting or in a civilian practice have few opportunities to acquire the specific toxicological knowledge and medical training necessary to equip them to evaluate and manage casualties exposed to chemical-warfare agents. However, the threat of exposure, whether from an accident at a chemical depot in the United States or from the intentional use of these agents by an opposing military force or by terrorists, is increasing. Clinicians and public-health practitioners must become proficient in recognizing the signs that a chemical-warfare-agent release has occurred, activating the appropriate agencies and personnel to investigate the release, assessing and treating casualties, and preventing the spread of agent. This live, interactive broadcast will give health-care providers the opportunity to learn how the different classes of chemical-warfare agents act, how casualties are likely to present, and how to diagnose and treat victims of chemical-agent exposure.
Registration :
Ensure your organization or installation assigns one person to act as the local site facilitator who will register your facility by calling Mr. Dennis Hettinger at (410) 436- 6515 or Ms Lesia Goodson at (410) 436-6013. Military callers may use the DSN prefix (584). The local site facilitator must reserve a classroom with the local technical point of contact, who should be prepared to give Mr. Hettinger information regarding their facility (i.e. satellite downlink capability and/or FTS2000 site code/ID). The rebroadcast on 1 and 2 May can only be received in the United States.
Deadline for Abstracts: NA
Email for Requests and Registration: dennis.hettinger@amedd.army.mil