Exploring medical and public health preparedness for a nuclear incident proceedings of a workshop

"The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop on August 22-23, 2018, in Washington, DC, to explore medical and public health preparedness for a nuclear incident. The event brought together experts from government, nongovernmental organizations, academia, and the...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (-)
Autores Corporativos: Exploring Medical and Public Health Preparedness for a Nuclear Incident (Workshop) (-), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies, issuing body (issuing body), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Sciences Policy, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Health and Medicine Division
Otros Autores: Pray, Leslie, contributor (contributor), Kahn, Benjamin, contributor, Wollek, Scott, contributor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press [2019]
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622148106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Federal planning for nuclear incidents
  • Current state of nuclear preparedness
  • Updating planning assumptions of nuclear preparedness
  • Implications of communication, education, and information challenges
  • Challenges for building capacity within the health care system
  • Capability-building challenges and opportunities: building response capability
  • Capability-building challenges and opportunities: ensuring workforce readiness and response capacity
  • Building preparedness and response capability: looking to the future
  • Reflections on the workshop and opportunities for moving forward.