TY - JOUR
T1 - Weapons of mass destruction preparedness and response for the XIV Pan-American Games, Santo Domingo, 2003
AU - Báez, Amado Alejandro
AU - Sztajnkrycer, Matthew D.
AU - Giráldez, Ediza M.
AU - Comprés, Hugo Pérez
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - The Pan-American Games are considered to be the fourth most important international athletic event in the world. Hosted by the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the XIV Pan-American Games lasted from 11-17 August 2003. In preparation for the Games, the Security Directorate developed and deployed a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Unit. For operational support, two strike teams (Alpha and Bravo) were active at any given time. Each team consisted of five members including a team leader, field physician, explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) officer, and two tactical offi-cers. Three hospitals - two military and one civilian - were designated as pri-mary medical centers for the event. With the assistance of the WMD Unit, emergency department staff were trained in the medical management of a WMD event, response protocols for WMD were created, and special decon-tamination areas were designated. Syndromic surveillance was performed by means of direct communications between the hospitals and units, as well as use of an electronic, Web-based surveillance tool.
AB - The Pan-American Games are considered to be the fourth most important international athletic event in the world. Hosted by the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the XIV Pan-American Games lasted from 11-17 August 2003. In preparation for the Games, the Security Directorate developed and deployed a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Unit. For operational support, two strike teams (Alpha and Bravo) were active at any given time. Each team consisted of five members including a team leader, field physician, explosive ordinance disposal (EOD) officer, and two tactical offi-cers. Three hospitals - two military and one civilian - were designated as pri-mary medical centers for the event. With the assistance of the WMD Unit, emergency department staff were trained in the medical management of a WMD event, response protocols for WMD were created, and special decon-tamination areas were designated. Syndromic surveillance was performed by means of direct communications between the hospitals and units, as well as use of an electronic, Web-based surveillance tool.
KW - Dominican Republic
KW - games
KW - mass-gathering
KW - Pan-American
KW - terrorism
KW - weapons of mass destruction
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U2 - 10.1017/S1049023X00003794
DO - 10.1017/S1049023X00003794
M3 - Article
C2 - 17076426
AN - SCOPUS:39049180149
SN - 1049-023X
VL - 21
SP - 256
EP - 260
JO - Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
JF - Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
IS - 4
ER -
