Counter-Terrorism Medicine: Creating a Medical Initiative Mandated by Escalating Asymmetric Attacks

• Published in: Prehospital and disaster medicine Vol. 35; no. 6; pp. 595 - 598
• Main Authors: Court, Michael, Edwards, Brydie, Issa, Fadi, Voskanyan, Amalia, Ciottone, Gregory
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.12.2020; Jems Publishing Company, Inc
• Subjects: Casualties; Counterterrorism; Disaster medicine; Disasters; Firearms; Guest Editorial; Health care; Health facilities; Medicine; Terrorism; Trends; Violence; United States > US; disaster medicine; counter-terrorism medicine; disaster preparedness; terrorism; emergency management

Introduction:Since 2001, a burgeoning interest by health care professionals in the growing asymmetrical terrorist threat and its impact on health care preparation and response has seen significantly increased academic output around this nebulous subject. Despite this, there has failed to be a consol...