Total Hours: 4
No Book to Buy - Online Text
Unlimited Test Retakes
Unlimited Test Retakes
Sponsor Approval: Please visit our provider approval page for a list of national and state sponsored approvals.
Course delivery method and format: self-paced online training.
Course Requirements:
1. Course Reading,
2. Online PostTest
3. Course Evaluation.
After successfully completing the Course Reading, PostTest and Evaluation a certificate of completion will be issued online.
Intermediate level course
Course Description: Terrorism involving biological weapons and can range from putting deadly substances in the nation's food supply to the aerosolized release of a contagious virus over a city. Anthrax, botulinum toxin, plague, ricin, smallpox, tularemia and viral hemorrhagic fevers are on the top of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's list of biological weapons, considered "Category A" weapons most likely to be used in an attack.
Course Objectives
By completing this course the healthcare professional will be able to:
1. The clinician will be able to describe acts of terrorism.
2. The clinician will be able to describe nuclear, biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction.
3. The clinician will be able to dentify the symptoms associated with exposure to weapons of mass destruction.
4 The clinician will be able to describe the Syndromic surveillance and reporting procedures for acts of terrorism.
5. The clinician will be able to describe personal protective equipment required for acts of terrorism.
