The widespread respiratory transmission of the Covid-19 virus has taught us importance face masks to mitigate both community spread and protection wearers by masks. As such, there could be an extremely adverse public health possibility where pathogenic agents as a means bioterrorism. While eventually vaccines wide infection, protective are important way immediately prevent infections from vario...

Following the events of September 11, 2001, the threat of bioterrorism events has become a realistic concern for health care workers in the United States. Bioterrorism events caused by infectious agents will be challenging because nurses will need to recognize unfamiliar infections and work long hours with limited resources in stressful conditions. During a bioterrorism event caused by biologic...

Brooks NH, et al. ACC/AHA Guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction. A comparison of immediate angioplasty with thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: the Primary Angioplasty in Myocar-dial Infarction Study Group. A comparison of thrombolytic therapy with primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: Myocardial Infarction Tri-Clini...

This paper discusses challenges the US intelligence community faces in helping to counter bioterrorism—a real and emerging threat that has the potential to cause mass destruction in the United States. It includes background material on a number of issues related to the threat of bioterrorism to help the reader understand why the bioterrorism threat is real, why it may be growing, and why it cou...

AIM This paper reports a concept analysis to define the concept of nursing bioterrorism preparedness. BACKGROUND Nursing bioterrorism preparedness is necessary, yet no theoretical or operational definition exists. The concept is often misinterpreted as being synonymous with organizational preparedness or confused with the bioterrorism preparedness needs of other professions, such as medicine....

BACKGROUND Given the threat of bioterrorism and the increasing availability of electronic data for surveillance, surveillance systems for the early detection of illnesses and syndromes potentially related to bioterrorism have proliferated. PURPOSE To critically evaluate the potential utility of existing surveillance systems for illnesses and syndromes related to bioterrorism. DATA SOURCES D...