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Update Sent April 09, 2007
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COCA Conference Call
Mark your calendars for our next COCA Conference Call on Blast Injuries!
Title: Bombings: Injury Patterns and Care
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Speaker: Richard Hunt, MD, FACEP
Dial-in Number: (888)-790-3168
Passcode: COCA
Objectives:
The goal of this content is to cover the unique knowledge and skills required to effectively respond to a mass casualty explosive or bombing event. The content can be integrated into existing materials or taught as a stand-alone course. The content includes: (1) the uniqueness of blast injury, including blast physics, (2) the most common types of blast injuries, and (3) the appropriate treatment (prehospital and initial hospital) for injures that result from blasts.
Speaker Information:
Dr. Richard C. Hunt has been the director of the Division of Injury Response (DIR), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (Injury Center), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 2004. From 1998 to 2004, Dr. Hunt served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the State University of New York, Upstate Medical University at Syracuse. Before his work in New York, Dr. Hunt served from 1988 to 1998 in the Department of Emergency Medicine at East Carolina University where he became vice chair of the department and served as medical director of the helicopter and ground critical care transport service. In January 2004, Dr. Hunt was selected by CDC’s Injury Center to head the Division of Injury Response. Since his appointment, he has led the Division in a direction setting process which resulted in a new Division name, vision, mission, and focused priorities. He is currently guiding research and preparedness activities in disaster and terrorism response as it relates to injuries, and fostering partnerships with the acute injury care community that will be crucial in a mass casualty event.
Slides will be posted on the COCA Website prior to the call: www.bt.cdc.gov/coca.
Pandemic Influenza
Travel Industry Pandemic Influenza Planning Checklist - April 5
Businesses in the travel industry—including travel agencies and air, rail, bus, and cruise lines—will play a key role in protecting the health and safety of their personnel and travelers in the event of a pandemic. Planning and coordinating with public health and emergency management agencies at the local, state, national, and international levels are critical. To help with this, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have developed the following checklist.
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/workplaceplanning/travelchecklist.html
Rapid Response was Crucial to Containing the 1918 Flu Pandemic - NIH News Release - April 2
Historical analyses help plan for future pandemics. Go to the link to read the full news release.
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2007/fluresponse.htm
Avian Influenza
Avian Influenza – Situation in Egypt - WHO Update 13 - April 2The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has announced three new human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The cases have been confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory and by the US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3).
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_04_02/en/index.html
Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO - Updated April 2
Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1)
H5N1 Avian Influenza: Timeline of Major Events - WHO - Updated April 2
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/ai_timeline/en/index.html
Seasonal Influenza
Weekly Report: Influenza Summary Update - April 6
During week 13 (March 25 – March 31, 2007), influenza activity continued to decrease in the United States. Data from the U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories indicated a decline in activity for the seventh consecutive week; 10.3% of specimens tested positive for influenza this week. ILI data remained at similar levels nationally and fewer regions were above baseline levels this week compared to last week (two versus four, respectively). Ten states reported widespread influenza activity; nine states reported regional influenza activity; 13 states, and New York City reported local influenza activity; the District of Columbia and 17 states reported sporadic influenza activity; and one state reported no influenza activity. The number of jurisdictions reporting widespread or regional influenza activity decreased from 29 for week 12 to 19 for week 13. The percent of deaths due to pneumonia and influenza remained below baseline level.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
Weekly US Map - April 6
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm
Rabies
Compendium of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control, 2007 - MMWR Article - April 6
The recommendations in this compendium serve as a basis for animal rabies-prevention and -control programs throughout the United States and facilitate standardization of procedures among jurisdictions, thereby contributing to an effective national rabies-control program.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5603a1.htm
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