@article{ref1,
title="The willingness of U.S. Emergency Medical Technicians to respond to terrorist incidents",
journal="Biosecurity and bioterrorism",
year="2005",
author="DiMaggio, Charles and Markenson, David and Loo, George T. and Redlener, Irwin",
volume="3",
number="4",
pages="331-337",
abstract="A nationally representative sample of basic and paramedic emergency medical service providers in the United States was surveyed to assess their willingness to respond to terrorist incidents. EMT's were appreciably (9-13%) less willing than able to respond to such potential terrorist-related incidents as smallpox outbreaks, chemical attacks, or radioactive dirty bombs (p<0.0001). EMTs who had received terrorism-related continuing medical education within the previous 2 years were twice as likely (OR=1.9, 95% CI 1.9, 2.0) to be willing to respond to a potential smallpox dissemination incident as those who indicated that they had not received such training. Timely and appropriate training, attention to interpersonal concerns, and instilling a sense of duty may increase first medical provider response rates.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1538-7135",
doi="10.1089/bsp.2005.3.331",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/bsp.2005.3.331"
}