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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 362.18 EAN: 9780309084284 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0309084288 Label: National Academies Press Manufacturer: National Academies Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 332 Publication Date: May 02, 2003 Publisher: National Academies Press Studio: National Academies Press Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Reports on the expansion of the experimental model of Metropolitan Medical Strike Team (MMST), established in Washington, D.C. into a national program. Provided to allow the state and federal governments to create preparedness and public health in order to protect Americans from future biological, chemical, and radiological terrorist events. Softcover. DNLM: Disaster Medicine. Book Description: The Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) program of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provides funds to major U. S. cities to help them develop plans for coping with the health and medical consequences of a terrorist attack with chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) agents. DHHS asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to assist in assessing the effectiveness of the MMRS program by developing appropriate evaluation methods, tools, and processes to assess both its own management of the program and local preparedness in the cities that have participated in the program. This book provides the managers of the MMRS program and others concerned about local capabilities to cope with CBR terrorism with three evaluation tools and a three-part assessment method. The tools are a questionnaire survey eliciting feedback about the management of the MMRS program, a table of preparedness indicators for 23 essential response capabilities, and a set of three scenarios and related questions for group discussion. The assessment method described integrates document inspection, a site visit by a team of expert peer reviewers, and observations at community exercises and drills. 
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