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Course # 5161 • Bioterrorism: An Update for Healthcare Professionals

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1. Discuss the role of the medical professional in the event of a bioterrorism attack.
2. Reflect on the history of bioterrorism.
3. Outline the CDC categories of possible bioterror agents and diseases.
4. Review the types of dispersion.
5. List some of the bacterial agents, their diagnosis, and treatment procedures, and how they could be used during a bioterrorist attack.
6. Discuss viral agents with the potential for bioterrorist use, including smallpox and viral hemorrhagic fevers.
7. Review biological toxins and how they might be used in biowarfare.
8. Describe the types of nerve agents that have been, or can be, used as weapons.
9. Identify radiation injuries and describe their appropriate treatment.
10. Discuss the detection of and disaster plans for acts of terrorism that involve biological weapons, including considerations for non-English-proficient populations.

Faculty:

Elizabeth T. Murane, PHN, BSN, MA, received her Bachelor's degree in nursing from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and a Master of Arts in Nursing Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York.

Her nursing experience includes hospital nursing on pediatric, medical, and surgical units. She lived for 15 years in a village in Eastern Papua New Guinea providing medical and linguistic/literacy services for the villagers. She was a public health nurse for a year with the Brooklyn, New York Health Department and 20 years with the Shasta County Public Health Department in Redding, California. As a public health nurse she established influenza vaccine clinics throughout the community, prepared health education materials on the flu, interacted with the media during influenza season, and participated in surveillance activities.

Carol Shenold, RN, CIC, graduated from St. Paul's Nursing School, Dallas, Texas, achieving her diploma in nursing. Over the past thirty years she has worked in hospital nursing in various states in the areas of obstetrics, orthopedics, intensive care, surgery and general medicine.

Mrs. Shenold served as the Continuum of Care Manager for Vencor Oklahoma City, coordinating quality review, utilization review, Case Management, Infection Control and Quality Management. During that time, the hospital achieved Accreditation with Commendation with the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Hospitals Organization, with a score of 100.

Mrs. Shenold was previously the Infection Control Nurse for Deaconess Hospital, a 300-bed acute care facility in Oklahoma City. She is an active member of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). She now works for the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality.

Division Planner(s):

William E. Frey, DDS, MS, FICD

Faculty Disclosure

Contributing faculty, Elizabeth T. Murane, PHN, BSN, MA, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Contributing faculty, Carol Shenold, RN, CIC, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

Division Planner Disclosure

The division planner has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.

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