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We can never create a perfect system to safeguard against terrorist use of a biological agent. But conscientious preparation—to the greatest extent that budgets and available methods allow—will reduce anxiety and greatly mitigate the consequences of an actual attack.
- 2002
Search and rescue is a technical activity rendered by a group of specially trained personnel, who rescue and attend to the casualties under adverse conditions, where life is at threat. Search and rescue is organized in close cooperation with the community and in a team approach.
Aug 29, 2020 · This prevention and control involves the core pillars of the outbreak response: surveillance and contact tracing, testing, case management, infection prevention and control, epidemiological and outbreak analytics, logistics, risk communication, and community engagement.
- Dale A Fisher, Gail Carson
- 2020
Aug 18, 2020 · However, natural outbreaks and biological attacks have a too intertwined nature to be considered separately and hence, in the absence of any attack evidence, differentiate them is a delicate task requiring complex, long and rigorous scientific investigations.
- Lionel Koch, Anne-Aurelie Lopes, Avelina Maiguy, Sophie Guillier, Laurent Guillier, Jean-Nicolas Tou...
- 10.7189/jogh.10.020317
- 2020
- J Glob Health. 2020 Dec; 10(2): 020317.
Earthquakes around the world are unnecessarily lethal and destructive, adversely affecting the health and well-being of affected populations. Most immediate deaths and injuries are caused by building collapse, making search and rescue (SAR) an early priority. In this review, we assess the SAR response to earthquake disasters.
- Anna Rom, Ilan Kelman
- 2020
Jul 1, 2017 · A biological incident is likely to take one of the following forms: •. Rapid epidemic spread of an infectious disease within or spreading from its normal geographic boundaries. •. Accidental escape of a pathogenic disease-causing organism from a laboratory. •. Deliberate release as part of terrorist or other malicious activity.
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Failure to resolve a complex problem can cause catastrophic outcomes for teams, subjects, and other stakeholders. While solving complex problems, SAR teams are exposed to uncontrollable environmental circumstances that require an indeterminate number of resources to resolve.
