| Core Concepts: Chemical Agents | Bioemergencies Core Concepts |
| Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies Core Concepts | Explosive & Traumatic Events |
| Psychological Effects of Trauma |
Lesson Description
This training module provides a standard complement of chemical agent knowledge across all disciplines. While focusing on nerve agents, vesicants, cyanide, toxic inhalants and riot control agents, this lesson provides information essential to the early detection, treatment and management of these threats.
Estimated Time: 1.25 hours| Price: $20 |  |
Lesson Description
This lesson provides an overview of the major biological agents that may be used in a terrorist attack and focuses on anthrax, smallpox, plague, tularemia, botulism, and viral hemorrhagic fever. The lesson reviews signs and symptoms of biological agent exposure, outlines treatment of exposure victims and includes a review of the principles of decontamination and mass casualty triage.
Estimated Time: 2 hours| Price: $20 | |
Lesson Description
This lesson focuses on types and source of radiation and radiation injuries and provides an overview of radiation poisoning and radiation subsyndromes, including acute and chronic health effects of exposure. The lesson also reviews the treatment of exposure victims and includes information on the principles of decontamination and mass casualty triage.
Estimated Time: 1 hour| Price: $20 | |
Lesson Description
This lesson covers the interactions of blast waves with the human body and draws together the more important aspects of blast injury. The lesson provides an overview of the current scope and threat for explosions and bombings and describes the mechanism of injury, pathophysiology and management of blast-related injuries. Scene safety concerns and mass casualty triage protocols are also discussed.
Estimated Time: 1.75 hours| Price: $20 | |
Lesson Description
This lesson provides a basic understanding of what constitutes trauma and focuses on some of the psychological and biological effects of trauma, factors that can lead to a traumatic experience and some of the treatment modalities for individuals who are traumatized. This lesson also examines the key elements of critical incident stress debriefing.
Estimated Time: 1 hour| Price: $20 | |