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Bioterrorism: an emerging threat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Eric Grafstein  and
Grant Innes
Eric Grafstein
Affiliation:
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC
Grant Innes
Affiliation:
St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC

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Prior to the 1998 Vancouver Asian Pacific Economic Summit, emergency physicians were briefed on the possibility of terrorist-related biological or chemical weapons incidents. As part of a training exercise, the “victim” of a chemical weapon attack was brought to our ED. Because of confusion and ignorance, the “victim,” the physician, several members of the ED staff, and a number of other patients also became “casualties.”

Type
Controversies • Controverses
Information
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , October 1999 , pp. 205 - 209
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 1999

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