BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

Course overview

Provides vital information concerning the transmission, presentation, diagnosis and treatment of the most likely agents to be used in a Bioterrorist attack. Agents include anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia and viral hemorrhagic fever. COURSE OBJECTIVES: Describe the history of smallpox, anthrax and the plague Identify the mode of transmission and clinical characteristics of the various biological agents Explain the Smallpox Response Plan Identify infection control methods to prevent disease transmission And much more!