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Course Overview
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Recognition, Management and Surveillance of
Ricin-Associated Illness
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Health Training Network Webcast
originally aired
December 30, 2003
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET
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The threat of overt or covert chemical terrorism is increasing
in the United States. A recent event in New Sweden, Maine,
in which arsenic was deliberately added to coffee at a
church function illustrates the need for proactive education
of clinicians and public health authorities regarding chemical-associated
illness. The discovery of a package containing ricin and a threatening note
at a South Carolina Postal Office in October of 2003 highlighted the need
for periodic focused education on a particular agent.
This Webcast will provide clinicians and public health officials
with the most up-to-date information available on the following areas:
recognition, management, and disposition of patients with ricin-associated
illness; identification of epidemiologic clues possibly associated with
a covert ricin release; and disposition of patients with suspected
ricin-associated illness.
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Goals
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To provide clinicians and public health officials with the
following information related to ricin: background, clinical presentation,
recognition and diagnosis, management, personal protective equipment/decontamination,
and reporting.
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To provide clinicians and public health officials with information on
epidemiological clues that may suggest illness associated with ricin
(or other chemical/biological toxins) in the correct clinical context.
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Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants should be able to:
- Explain where ricin is found
- Describe the epidemiology of non-terrorism associated ricin poisoning
- Describe the epidemiology of terrorism associated ricin poisoning
- Describe the clinical manifestations of oral, inhalational, and parenteral ricin poisoning
- Describe differential diagnosis for ricin poisoning
- Explain the diagnosis of ricin poisoning
- Identify epidemiological clues suggestive of a possible covert ricin (or other chemical/biological toxin) release
- Describe the clinical management of ricin poisoning
- Describe the disposition of patients with ricin-associated illness
- Identify the proper authorities for reporting of suspected or known ricin-associated illness
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Target Audience
Physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants,
Emergency physicians, primary care physicians, critical care physicians,
nurse practitioners, physician assistants, public health agency officials,
policy makers, and academic institutions
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Faculty
LCDR Joshua G. Schier, MD USPHS, Medical Toxicologist, Health Studies Branch,
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Questions
There will not be live on-air question and answer periods during the webcast.
To interact with faculty and participate in learning,
you may submit questions via email to ricinquestions@cdc.gov
after the webcast.
Questions and answers will be posted on the Course Overview
website at http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/ricin/.
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Registration and Continuing Education Information
Participant registration for the live webcast begins December 22, 2003
and ends January 30, 2004.
Web-on-Demand (WD0035) and CD-Rom (CB3093) (archived registration
and evaluation) begins February 1, 2004.
Participant registration will only be available through the CDC/ATSDR
Training and Continuing Education Online System at
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtnonline.
Course numbers are listed below:
WC0048 - webcast
WD0035 - web-on-demand
CB3093 - CD-ROM
Participants are encouraged but not required to register and
evaluate the webcast. Registration and evaluation will provide
valuable feedback to CDC. Continuing education credit will be offered
for a variety of professions, based on 1 hour of instruction.
A certificate of credit or a certificate of attendance will be
awarded to participants who complete the evaluation.
Questions about registration should be directed to
800-41-TRAIN, 404-639-1292, or email ce@cdc.gov.
When emailing a question, please indicate Recognition, Management and
Surveillance of Ricin-Associated Illness in the subject line.
Additional Resources
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5246a5.htm
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Webcast Information
This program will have a live webcast
and will also be available for viewing as an
archived webcast
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Media
Following the live webcast, the program will be available as an
archived webcast and on CD-ROMs.
CD-ROMs
CD-ROMs will be available from the Public Health Foundation (PHF) shortly after the webcast.
- Single copies are free of charge while supplies last.
- Order online at http://www.phf.org or by calling 877-252-1200.
Sponsors
National Center for Environmental Health, the Public Health Training Network,
the Division of Professional Development and Evaluation, Public Health
Practice Program Office, CDC
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