Recognition, Management and Surveillance of Ricin-Associated Illness (Web on Demand)

Course No: WD0035

This program originally aired as a live satellite broadcast and webcast on December 31, 2003. 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 facility in October 2003 highlighted the need for periodic focused education on a particular agent. This program provides clinicians and public health officials with the most up-to-date information available on the following topics: 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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WebCast

Program Information

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

Additional Resources:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5246a5.htm