Bioterrorism and Emerging Infection Education
Related Links

Following are the links to other Bioterrorism resources.

     General Bioterrorism Information:

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Bioterrorism Planning and Response web site displays and provides links to AHRQ sponsored research projects, tools, resources, conferences, meetings, briefings, outcomes-based evidence, and research findings surrounding bioterrorism:
    http://www.ahrq.gov/browse/bioterbr.htm
  • American Hospital Association (AHA) Hospital Readiness, Response, and Recovery Resources web site hosts information on education and training, advocacy and representation, and readiness resources for hospitals, health professionals, and individuals:
    http://www.hospitalconnect.com/aha/key_issues/disaster_readiness/
  • CDC's Centers for Public Health Preparedness web site provides information on the 21 Academic Centers for Public Health Preparedness, 13 Specialty Centers for Public Health Preparedness, and 5 Advanced Practice Centers for Public Health Preparedness. Each center was established to train the public health workforce to respond to bioterrorism threats, infectious disease outbreaks, and other health emergencies, and all meet this objective by developing on-site or distance learning competency based training materials including courses, fact sheets, and other resources:
    http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/owpp/cphp.asp
  • CDC's Emergency Preparedness and Response Training web site covers content information, education, and training resources on chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents:
    http://www.bt.cdc.gov/training/index.asp
  • CDC's Mass Trauma Preparedness and Response web site is designed to provide information and tools to help the public, public health professionals, and clinicians prepare for and respond to the injuries, death, disability, and emotional stress caused by a large-scale natural disaster or a terrorist attack:
    http://www.cdc.gov/masstrauma/default.htm
  • CDC's Preparation and Planning web site offers related resources for the general public, businesses, healthcare facilities, state, local, and national entities:
    http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/index.asp
  • CDC Journal - Emerging Infectious Diseases:
    http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute (EMI) web site provides a nationwide training program of resident courses and non-resident courses to enhance United States emergency management practices. The audiences for these courses range from parents and teachers to healthcare professionals such as EMS personnel, physicians, nurses, hospital administrators, and public health officials:
    http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/
  • Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA) National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program exists to aid state, territory, and selected entities in improving the capacity of the health care system (hospitals, emergency departments, outpatient facilities, EMS systems, and poison control centers) to respond to incidents requiring mass immunization, isolation, decontamination, diagnosis, and treatment, in the aftermath of terrorism or other public health emergencies:
    http://www.hrsa.gov/bioterrorism/index.htm
  • Professional Societies:

  • American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Professional Information on Bioterrorism web site:
    http://www.aad.org/BioInfo/BioInfo.html
  • American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Bioterrorism Clinical Care and Research web site created to prepare Family Physicians to face the first line of defense:
    http://www.aafp.org/btresponse.xml
  • American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Children, Terrorism, and Disasters web site provides resources and materials on disasters, bioterrorism, and the resulting psychological needs of children:
    http://www.aap.org/terrorism/index.html
  • American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Bioterrorism web site provides information on vaccination, diagnosis, treatment, policy resources, and educational links:
    http://www.acep.org/1,4634,0.html
  • American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP) Bioterrorism Resources web site:
    http://www.acponline.org/bioterro/index.htm#tools
  • Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc (APIC) provides information on agents, epidemiology, economic impact, diagnosis, treatment, scenarios, readiness planning, existence of threat, vaccination, and additional resources on their Bioterrorism web site:
    http://www.apic.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PracticeGuidance/Topics/Bioterrorism/Bioterrorism.htm