TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - The willingness of U.S. Emergency Medical Technicians to respond to terrorist incidents
JO  - Biosecurity and bioterrorism
A1  - DiMaggio, Charles
A1  - Markenson, David
A1  - Loo, George T.
A1  - Redlener, Irwin
SP  - 331
EP  - 337
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1538-7135
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/bsp.2005.3.331
ID  - ref1
ER  -