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With the United States actively engaged in a War on Terrorism and rogue nations seeking to obtain weapons of mass destruction it is imperative that US Navy Medicine and Navy Preventive Medicine be prepared to respond to terrorism attacks.  The strikes on the World Trade Center, the Spanish railroad, and the London subway demonstrate that Navy Medicine needs to be prepared to respond quickly and decisively to these types of threats.

Policy & Guidance |  Reporting |  Publications  |  Environmental Issues
Specific Diseases | Related NEHC Webpages| Other Resources

Policy & Guidance

• DODD 6200.4  Force Health Protection Oct04 (pdf)
• NAVMED P-5041 Treatment of Chemical Agent Casualties Dec95 (pdf)
• NAVMED P-5042 Treatment of Biological Warfare Agent Casualties Jul00 (pdf)
• BUMED 3400.1 Operational Concept for Medical support and Casualty Management in Chemical and Biological Warfare Environments Feb94 (pdf)
• Guidance for Shipboard Mgmt of Material Suspected of Containing Biochemical Threat Agents (NEPMU2)

Related Policy & Guidance

• Revised List of Quarantinable Diseases  Executive Order 13295 Apr03
• Addendum for Flu  Apr05
• United States Code (42USC264) DQ, Title 42- Public Health & Welfare, Chapter 6A-Public Health Services, Subchapter II - General Powers & Duty, Part G - Quarantine & Inspection

Reporting

• BUMED 6220.12A  Medical Event Reports  Oct98  (pdf)
• TRISERVICE Reportable Events: Guidelines & Case Definitions May04 (pdf)
• NDRS and Medical Event Reporting

Publications

• Chemical and Biological Defense Primer Oct01
• CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
• CDC Guidance for Protecting Building Environments from Airborne Chemical, Biological  or Radiological  Attacks
• "Handy-Dandy Wall Chart of Bioterrorism Agents"
• USAMRIID's Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook Feb01
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Community-Based Mass Prophylaxis:A Planning Guide for Public Health Preparedness Aug04

 

Environmental Issues

• Countering Bioterrorism & Other Threats to the Food Supply
• FDA Food Safety & Terrorism Info
• World Health Organization (WHO) Guidance to Terrorist Threats to Food
• EPA Water Security

 

Diseases

Anthrax

• NEHC Anthrax Page
• NEHC Deployment Exposure- Anthrax

Botulinum Toxin

• CDC Botulinum Toxin Info
• JAMA Consensus Statement: Botulinum Toxin as a Biological Weapon & Public Health Mgmt
• NEHC Deployment Exposure- Botulism

Plague

• JAMA Consensus Statement: Plague as a Biological Weapon Medical & Public Health Mgmt
• CDC Plague Info
• World Health Organization (WHO) Plague Manual

 Smallpox

• NEHC Smallpox Page
• NEHC Deployment Exposure- Smallpox  

Tularemia

• CDC Tularemia Info
• JAMA Consensus Statement: Tularemia as a Biological Weapon & Public Health Mgmt

Related Webpages

• Deployment Exposures and Chemicals
• Emergency Preparedness Epidemiology
• Food Sanitation and Safety
• Immunizations
• Industrial Hygiene
• Preventive Medicine
• Water Sanitation and Safety

 

Other Resources

• CDC Bioterrorism Page