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Triage for civil support using military medical assets to respond to terrorist attacks

Even before the events of September 11, 2001, threat assessments suggested that the United States should prepare to respond to terrorist attacks inside its borders. This monograph examines the use of military medical assets to support civil authorities in the aftermath of a chemical, biological, rad...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cecchine, Gary
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA National Defense Research Institute and RAND Health 2004, 2004
Subjects:
Emergency Management
Medicine, Military
Civil Defense / United States
Civil Defense
Terrorism
Nature / Natural Disasters
Medical / Health Policy
Social Science / Disasters & Disaster Relief
Terrorism / United States
United States / Armed Forces / Civic Action
United States / Armed Forces / Medical Care
United States / Fast
Online Access:
Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The military health system and military support to civil authorities
  • The evolution of structures, systems, and processes for domestic preparedness
  • Legal and other barriers to military support to civil authorities
  • Military medical support to civil authorities: historical case studies
  • Exercise-based studies of potential military medical support to civil authorities
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Appendix A: Interview protocol
  • Appendix B: Organizations interviewed and exercise participants
  • Appendix C: DoD directives related to civil support
  • Appendix D: Materials used in Georgia exercise
  • Appendix E: Smallpox outbreak model used in the Georgia exercise
  • Appendix F: Excerpt of quadrennial defense review
  • Includes bibliographical references

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