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