The National Center for Disaster Preparedness hosted a conference on February 23, 2010: Day Three: Regional Resiliency and Health Challenges in the Aftermath of Nuclear Terrorism. Day Three panels focused on (a) Scenarios, models, and messages, (b) Regional Impact at Day Three, (c) Government assets: requesting, authorizing, and allocating, and (d) Key challenges.
Irwin Redlener, MD, Columbia University Charles Miller, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jay Davis, PhD, Founding Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency & President, The Hertz Foundation
Brooke Buddemeir, CHP, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Cham Dallas, PhD, University of Georgia Michael Meit, MA, MPH, University of Chicago Moderated by: Steven M. Becker, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Scott Graham, American Red Cross Robert Levin, MD, Ventura County (CA) Department of Public Health Bill Maliha, MD, New York State Department of Health Kirk Paradise, Emergency Management Agency, Huntsville, Alabama Moderated by: Elin Gursky, PhD, ANSER Institute
Richard Falkenrath, Deputy Commissioner, New York Police Department
David “Marco” Marcozzi, MD, MHS-CL, FACEP, White House National Security Staff Col. Jay Neubauer, MD, MPH, NORTHCOM Lt. Col. Kimberly Sencindiver, U.S. Air Force, National Guard Bureau Kevin Yeskey, MD, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Moderated by: Rick “Ozzie” Nelson, Center for Strategic and International Studies
David Abramson, PhD, Columbia University Andrew Garrett, MD, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Karen Greenberg, PhD, New York University Tammy Taylor, PhD, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Eric Toner, MD, Center for Biosecurity, UPMC Moderated by: Irwin Redlener, MD, Columbia University
This tool was developed for emergency preparedness planners by Michael Meit, MA, MPH, Co-Director of NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis & Deputy Director of the VA Office of Rural Health Policy and Planning Group. This event-specific, urban-to-rural evacuation tool is presented below. There are two versions: (1) the New York City Metropolitan region, developed for this conference, and (2) a national version for all emergency planners. Explore detailed instructions on how to use the tool.
“Regional Health and Public Health Preparedness for Nuclear Terrorism: Optimizing Survival in a Low Probability/High Consequence Disaster”
This report, prepared by the National Center for Disaster Preparedness staff, served as a background paper for the NCDP conference ‘DAY THREE: Regional Resiliency and Health Challenges in the Aftermath of Nuclear Terrorism’ held on February 23, 2010, at Columbia University. The purpose of this conference was to address the regional and public health response to an urban nuclear terrorism event from the perspective of the surrounding region within the context of 72 hours (Day 3) following an Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) detonation in an American city and meeting the urgent health and public health needs of the large number of evacuees who will seek shelter and medical care in the surrounding communities.
How to Survive a Nuclear Attack Irwin Redlener, MD On Surviving a Nuclear Attack. Talk at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference, 2008
The face of nuclear terror has changed since the Cold War, but disaster medicine expert Irwin Redlener reminds us the threat is still real. He looks at some of history’s farcical countermeasures and offers practical advice on surviving an attack.
