Online Courses: Bioterrorism and Public
Health Emergencies
“Don't wait for the [bioterrorism] training to come to you, find it and obtain it." - Jan Boatright, RN, CEN, Chair of the Government Affairs Committee of the Emergency Nurses Association
This curriculum has been developed to provide introductory bioterrorism and public health emergencies content for use in any health science curriculum for advanced upper level undergraduate education, continuing education and beginning graduate education.
Included for each module are presentations in Powerpoint and PDF formats, pre and post tests, a glossary of terms and cited references.
- To understand the concept of terrorism
- To understand the rationale for the use of biological agents as terrorist weapons
- To describe the characteristics of those biologic agents thought to be the choice of terrorists
Test
Pre and Post Test
Objectives:
- To understand the response to a bioterrorist act through use of the unified incident command system
- To describe the role and responsibility of each responding agency
- To raise other issues that must be dealt with in planning a response to a bioterrorist act
Test
Pre and Post Test
Glossary of Terms
South Carolina at Risk Modules 1 & 2 References
A special thanks to those who contributed materials for these modules:
SC Area Health Education Consortium
19 Hagood Avenue Suite 802
Charleston, SC 29425-0814
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