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Methylene Chloride (CH2 Cl2) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include dichloromethane, methylene bichloride, methane dichloride, and methylene
dichloride.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Hydrogen Chloride (HCl) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms for an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride include chlorohydric acid, hydrochloric acid,
and muriatic acid.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000-03-24
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Hydrogen Peroxide (H2 O2) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include dihydrogen dioxide, hydrogen dioxide, hydroperoxide, and peroxide.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include dihydrogen sulfide, sulfur hydride, sulfurated hydrogen, hydrosulfuric acid, "sewer gas," "swamp gas," hepatic acid, sour gas, and "stink damp."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Methyl Bromide (CH3 Br) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include bromomethane, monobromomethane, isobrome, and methyl fume.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Methyl Mercaptan (CH3SH) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include methanethiol, mercaptomethane, thiomethanol, methyl sulfhydrate, and thiomethyl alcohol.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Nitrogen Oxides (NO, NO2, and others)
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms for nitric oxide (NO) include mononitrogen monoxide and nitrogen monoxide. Synonyms for nitrogen dioxide (NO2) include dinitrogen tetroxide, nitrogen peroxide, nitrogen tetroxide, and NTO. Synonyms for mixtures of nitrogen oxides include nitrogen fumes and nitrous fumes.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Phenol (C6 H5 OH) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include carbolic acid, hydroxybenzene, monohydroxybenzene, benzenol, monophenol,
phenyl hydroxide, phenyl alcohol, phenic acid, phenylic acid, and phenylic alcohol.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Parathion ([C2 H5 O2] P[S]OC6 H4 NO2 ) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include O,O-Diethyl-O-(p-nitrophenyl) phosphorothioate, diethyl parathion, ethyl parathion, parathion ethyl and a variety of trade names such as Alkron, Alleron, Danthion, DNTP, DPP, Etilon, E-605, Stathion, Sulphos,
and Thiophos.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include caustic soda, lye, soda lye, and sodium hydrate.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Phosgene (COCl 2) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include carbonic acid dichloride, carbonic dichloride, carbon oxychloride, carbonyl chloride, and chloroformyl chloride.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include sulfur oxide, sulfurous acid anhydride, sulfurous anhydride, and sulfurous oxide.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Phosphine (PH3)
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms of phosphine include hydrogen phosphide, phosphorus hydride, phosphorus trihydride,
and phosphoretted hydrogen.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Selenium Hexafluoride (SeF6)
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include selenium fluoride and selenium (VI) fluoride.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Tetrachloroethylene (Cl2 C=CCl2) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include carbon bichloride, carbon dichloride, ethylene tetrachloride, PCE, perc, perchlor,
perchloroethylene, Perclene, perk, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylene, and tetrachloroethene.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Trichloroethylene (Cl2 C=CHCl) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include acetylene trichloride, ethylene trichloride, ethinyl trichloride, trichloroethene,
TCE, and tri.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Toluene (C6 H5 CH3) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include methyl benzene, methyl benzol, phenyl methane, and toluol.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Toluene Diisocyanate (CH3 C6 H3 [NCO]2 ) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include TDI, diisocyanatotoluene, and tolylene diisocyanate.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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1,1,1-Trichloroethane (CH3 CCl3 ) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include alpha-T, alpha-trichloroethane, chloroethene, methylchloroform, methyltrichloromethane,
TCEA, and trichloromethylmethane.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Xylene (C6 H4)(CH3)2
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include dimethylbenzene, methyl toluene, xylol, and mixed xylenes.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Vinyl Chloride (C2 H3 Cl) Chemical Protocol
Very comprehensive description of the chemical agent, with coverage on many important aspects, including information on routes of exposure, sources and uses, exposure limits, physical characteristics, patient management, decontamination and treatment, incident reporting. Synonyms include chloroethene, chloroethylene, 1-chloroethylene, ethylene monochloride,
monochloroethylene, monovinyl chloride, MVC, VC, VCM, and vinyl chloride monomer.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2000
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Statement By The Department of Health And Human Services Regarding Additional Options for Preventive Treatment
Many of those who were exposed to inhalational anthrax in the recent mail attacks are presently concluding their 60-day course of preventive antibiotic treatment. Some of these persons, especially those who may have been exposed to very high levels of anthrax spores, may wish to take additional precautions. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is providing two additional options beyond the 60-day antibiotic course, for those who may wish to pursue them: an extended course of antibiotics, and investigational post-exposure treatment with anthrax vaccine.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2001-12-18
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Department of Health and Human Services: Health and Medical Services Support Plan for the Federal Response to Acts of Chemical/Biological (C/B) Terrorism
The purpose of this Chemical/Biological (C/B) Health and Medical Services Support Plan for the Federal response to acts of C/B terrorism is to provide a coordinated Federal response for urgent public health and medical care needs resulting from C/B terrorist threats or acts in the United States. Response actions for health and medical services needs are directed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through its executive agent, the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH). HHS directs the provision of U.S. Government-provided health and medical assistance in response to a C/B terrorist incident. The Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP) is assigned responsibility within HHS for implementation and coordination of health and medical assistance actions. The principal purpose of this plan is to support the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by leading the Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8 response to the health and medical aspects of a C/B terrorist incident.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
1996-06-21
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Impact of September 11, 2001 Events on Substance Use and Mental Health in the New York Area
This report examines the potential effects of the September 11 events on substance use and substance abuse treatment, mental health problems and treatment, and religiosity in the New York area using data from the 2000 and 2001 NHSDAs. The primary focus is on two specific areas: New York City (NYC) and the New York Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (NY CMSA). For comparison purposes, the report also looks at trends in a composite of several other Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas (C-CMSA) consisting of the cities and surrounding areas of Los Angeles, Chicago, and Detroit. Of interest is whether the events of September 11 were associated with changes in the prevalence of substance use or mental health problems in these areas. Because the terrorist acts occurred just prior to the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2001, data collected in the first three quarters of 2001 can be combined and compared with data collected in the fourth quarter. To account for any seasonal effects on these within-year comparisons, the 2000 NHSDA is also used for comparison since the survey in 2000 was almost identical to the one fielded in 2001. Analyses were done by age and gender.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2003-01
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Public Health Response to Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Interim Planning Guidance for State Public Health Officials
This guide is aimed at state agencies, providing them help to coordinate agencies on local and federal agencies to lend and receive support in an event of a chemical or biological attack.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2001-07
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NIAID Biodefense Research Agenda for CDC Category A Agents: Progress Report, August 2003
In February 2002, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases convened the first Blue Ribbon Panel on Bioterrorism and Its Implications for Biomedical Research. This panel of experts was brought together by NIAID to provide objective expertise on the Institute's future counter-bioterrorism research agenda for anthrax, smallpox, botulism, plague, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers, the pathogens commonly referred to as CDC Category A agents. As a result of this meeting and the deliberations of the panel, a research agenda was developed and widely distributed to the scientific community (agenda available at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/biodefense/research
/biotresearchagenda.pdf). Tremendous progress has been made in the year since this report was released. This progress report describes the progress that has been made toward addressing the immediate goals outlined in the research agenda. The first section of this report reviews progress on meeting the general recommendations made by the panel that apply to all areas of NIAID biodefense research. Research goals specific to each of the Category A pathogens are covered in individual chapters. Finally, the progress made thus far on immunology as it relates to biodefense is described in a separate chapter.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2003-08
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Workshop Report: HHS Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures Enterprise Stakeholders, July 31 - August 2, 2007
This report is the result of the HHS Public Health Emergency Countermeasures (PHEMC) Enterprise Stakeholders Workshop, which brought together public and private stakeholders "to discuss critical issues surrounding countermeasure development and procurement, and to share visions for ensuring adequate public health emergency preparedness." The report includes stakeholder views on the following five topics: Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) implementation; federal partnership with State, Local, and Tribal authorities in preparedness and response; incentivizing private industry to support chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear medical countermeasure preparedness; medical countermeasure concept of operations: making the connection between development and end user utility; and technological innovations to improve medical countermeasure response and to meet the challenge of novel and emerging threats. Three appendices conclude the report. The first lists the attendees of the workshop, the second contains the agenda for the entire workshop, and the last provides the exact wording of the questions discussed in each of the five breakout sessions.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2007
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Medical Surge Capacity and Capability: A Management System for Integrating Medical and Health Resources During Large-Scale Emergencies; Second Edition
"The Medical Surge Capacity and Capability (MSCC) handbook was published in August 2004 to describe a systematic approach for managing the medical and public health response to an emergency or disaster. Shortly after its publication, the Department of Homeland Security released the National Response Plan (NRP). In accordance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-5, the NRP established the structure and process for a coordinated multidisciplinary and all-hazards approach to domestic incident management based on a National Incident Management System (NIMS). [...]. The impetus for updating the MSCC handbook was to describe recent changes to the Federal emergency response structure, particularly the Federal public health and medical response. The revision also expands on several concepts described in the first edition of the MSCC handbook to facilitate their implementation. While the tiered approach described in this handbook is consistent with NIMS and the NRP, this revision addresses terminology and concept descriptions to assure consistency with Federal guidance."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Barbera, Joseph A.; Macintyre, Anthony G.
2007-09
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Medical Surge Capacity and Capability: The Healthcare Coalition in Emergency Response and Recovery
"This handbook was developed to serve as a companion to 'Medical Surge Capacity and Capability [MSCC]: A Management System for Integrating Medical and Health Resources during Large-Scale Emergencies,' also known as the MSCC Handbook. Originally published in 2004 and revised in 2007, the MSCC Handbook proposed a management structure and processes for the medical and public health response to emergencies and disasters. Within this management construct, the 'Tier 2 Healthcare Coalition' was defined as a group of individual healthcare organizations in a specified geographic area that agree to work together to maximize surge capacity and capability during medical and public health emergencies by facilitating information sharing, mutual aid, and response coordination. The purpose of this handbook is to provide guidance to healthcare planners on how to develop, implement, and maintain cost-effective and response-oriented Healthcare Coalitions. It describes the common elements of an effective Healthcare Coalition that may be applied in any locale to operationally support individual healthcare organizations and the larger community response to emergencies or disasters. The Coalition is highlighted as an emergency response organization in order to distinguish this handbook from other efforts that are underway across the U.S. that primarily coordinate emergency preparedness."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Barbera, Joseph A.; Macintyre, Anthony G.
2009-05
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Remarks by HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson at Press Conference: Announcing HHS Emergency Response [September 12, 2001]
From the statement of United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson: "I would like to update you on what the Department of Health and Human Services is doing to assist New York and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan areas in the wake of yesterday's terrorist attacks. We have a long way to go, but we have begun the healing process in America by acting quickly and aggressively to help those in need. We began preparing when the first reports came in from New York, and we mobilized as soon as state and local officials let us know what they needed. That is our role - to help state and local governments in any way possible. HHS medical personnel and support staff are on the ground, helping provide the initial care as we cope with this tragedy. Now, let me detail what precisely we are doing. From the moment we learned of these attacks, the Department of Health and Human Services began readying teams and resources to send to New York City and the Washington area to meet any needs of state and local officials. We have worked closely with officials at all levels from the start. I have spoken several times with Governor Ptaki, Governor Gilmore and Mayor Guliani and have vowed to offer whatever assistance they need. They know more resources are only a phone call away. Our Office of Emergency Preparedness has deployed 328 medical personnel from disaster readiness teams to Washington, D.C. and New York areas. The OEP also has deployed about 270 mortuary services personnel."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2001-09-12
