Public Health Emergency Preparedness: What the Nurse Needs to Know.

1. Identify various public health and emergency response threats to which the medical community is susceptible.

2. Identify regulatory initiatives undertaken to prevent future medical and public health emergencies.

3. Discuss the various chemical, biological, and radioactive threats that are likely to be involved in a terrorism attack and how to identify them clinically.

4. Discuss the importance of personal protective devices and emergency room processes to reduce clinician morbidity/mortality and how to employ them.