Local Planning for Terror and Disaster – From Bioterrorism to Earthquakes

Dr. Leonard Cole is an adjunct professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark, NJ, and director of the Program on Terror Medicine and Security at UMDNJ's Center for BioDefense. He has published widely on terrorism-related subjects including chapters in two recent Wiley volumes: Suicide Terror and Bacillus Anthracis and Anthrax. His most recent books are The Anthrax Letters (revised edition, 2009) and Essentials of Terror Medicine (co-editor, 2009). A full list of works by Dr. Cole is available on his website www.leonardcole.com. Dr. Nancy Connell is professor of infectious disease at the Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. She is director of UMDNJ's Center for BioDefense, has authored numerous scientific articles, and has served on national and regional panels concerning biosecurity. Currently, she is a member of the National Academy of Sciences committee on the "Review of the Scientific Approaches Used by the FBI During Its Investigation of the 2001 Anthrax Mailings."

CONTRIBUTORS vii PROLOGUE xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii PART I INTRODUCTION: THE KNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN 1 Preparedness, Uncertainty, and Terror Medicine 3 Leonard A. Cole 2 Bioterrorism and the Communication of Uncertainty 17 Leonard A. Cole, Laura H. Kahn, and Peter M. Sandman 3 Responding to Disaster and Terrorism: The Central Role of Communication 29 Steven M. Becker PART II HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS 4 The Role of the Emergency Physician 47 Emily G. Kidd, Donald H. Jenkins, and Craig A. Manifold 5 The Role of the Nurse 61 Dian Dowling Evans, Samuel E. Shartar, and James W. Gordon 6 The Role of the Dentist 71 David L. Glotzer 7 The Role of the Emergency Medical Technician 83 Brendan McCluskey and Henry P. Cortacans 8 The Role of the Mental Health Professional 95 Ann E. Norwood, Lisa M. Brown, and Gerard A. Jacobs PART III INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT 9 The Role of the Manager of Mass Casualty and Disaster Events 111 Shmuel C. Shapira and Limor Aharonson-Daniel 10 The Role of Public Health 123 Henry Falk and Isaac Ashkenazi 11 The Role of the Hospital Receiver 139 Mark A. Merlin 12 Managing Traumatic Stress 153 Steven M. Crimando PART IV SUPPORT AND SECURITY 13 The Role of the On-Scene Bystander and Survivor 165 Bruria Adini 14 The Role of the Trained Volunteer 177 Brenda D. Phillips, Njoki Mwarumba, and Debra Wagner 15 Bioterrorism, Biosecurity, and the Laboratory 189 Nancy D. Connell and James Netterwald 16 The Role of the Law Enforcement Officer 201 Graeme R. Newman and Ronald V. Clarke 17 A Model Case of Counterterrorism: Thwarting a Subway Bombing 215 Joshua Sinai 18 The Newest Security Threat: Cyber-Conflict 227 Panayotis A. Yannakogeorgos PART V CONCLUSION 19 Preparedness, Black Swans, and Salient Themes 241 Nancy D. Connell and Leonard A. Cole Index 249