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Course Overview |
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The Role of Public Health in a Nuclear or Radiological Terrorist Incident
Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast and Webcast
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Originally aired February 3, 2005
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
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The events of September 11, 2001, showed that terrorists
will use any means to cause harm and disrupt the lives of the
American people. Consequently, the chance that an overt or covert
terrorist attack involving radioactive materials will occur is an
unfortunate reality in the United States today. In research conducted
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association
of Schools of Public Health, as well as surveys performed by the
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, public health
workers have stated that they feel unprepared to deal with radiological
terrorism. In response to concerns raised by the public health workforce,
this program will provide public health personnel with the most current
information about the roles of federal response teams and local and state
public health services. In addition, viewers will be given basic information
on radiation principles, possible scenarios involving the release
of radioactive materials, radiation protective measures,
and evacuation and sheltering guidelines.
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Goals
- Provide the public health workforce with information
about radiation: the difference between ionizing and
non-ionizing radiation, types of radiation and penetrating
abilities associated with each, possible nuclear and radiological
threats, radioprotective measures, contamination with radioactive
materials versus exposure to radiation, and protective action guides.
- Provide the public health workforce with the following information
about the role of public health in a nuclear or radiological incident:
basic roles and responsibilities of public health; initial and long-term
response roles; the National Response Plan; role of Health and Human
Services (HHS); and the role of CDC.
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Objectives
At the completion of this broadcast, participants will be able to:
- Explain the basic principles of radiation.
- Describe protective action guides for a radiological incident.
- Describe the responsibilities of CDC in a radiological incident under the National Response Plan.
- Describe the roles of CDC in a radiological incident.
- Describe the initial response roles of public health in a radiological incident.
- Describe long-term response roles of public health in a radiological incident.
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Target Audience
State, local, tribal, and territorial health agency senior officials,
emergency planners, health educators, epidemiologists, environmental health
specialists, public health officials and nurses, public health students,
sanitarians, hazardous materials team members, and first responders
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Presenters
James M. Smith, PhD, Assistant Director for Radiation,
Health Physicist, Environmental Hazards and Health Effects (EHHE), National
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Charles W. Miller, PhD, Chief, Radiation Studies Branch,
Health Physicist, Environmental Hazards and Health Effects (EHHE), National
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Debra McBaugh, CHP, Washington State Department of Health,
Health Physicist, Head of the Environmental Radiation Section,
Department of Health, Washington
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Continuing Education Statements
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides 1.0 contact hours.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is a designated event for the CHES to receive 1.0 Category I contact hours in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.
The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 CEU's for this program.
Disclosure Statement
CDC, our planners, and our presenters wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters.
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
There was no commercial support provided for this activity.
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Registration Information
Visit the CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online System at
http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/ to register online for this course.
Course number is listed below:
Web on Demand WD0062
Origination Date: March 7, 2005
Renewal Date: March 7, 2008
Expiration Date: March 7, 2011
Individuals who have questions about registration should call
1-800-41-TRAIN or email ce@cdc.gov.
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