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TAP CBRN Preparedness: Knowledge, Training and Networks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Irene van der Woude ,
Johan S. de Cock ,
Joost J.L.M. Bierens  and
Jan C. Christiaanse
Irene van der Woude*
Affiliation:
Medical Emergency Preparedness and Planning Office, the Netherlands (GHOR Nederland)
Johan S. de Cock
Affiliation:
Medical Emergency Preparedness and Planning Office, the Netherlands (GHOR Nederland)
Joost J.L.M. Bierens
Affiliation:
VU Medical Centre, the Netherlands
Jan C. Christiaanse
Affiliation:
Medical Emergency Preparedness and Planning Office, the Netherlands (GHOR Nederland)
*
GHOR Nederland, World Port Center, PO Box 50536, 3007 JA Rotterdam, the Netherlands E-mail: i.vanderwoude@veiligheidsregio-rr.nl
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Abstract

The main goal of this targeted agenda program (TAP) was the establishment of an international network that would be able to advise on how to improve education and training for chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN)) responders. By combining the members of the TAP group, the CBRN Task Force of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) and the European network of the Hesculaep Group, an enthusiastic and determined group has been established to achieve the defined goal. It was acknowledged that the bottlenecks for education and training for CBRN responders are mainly awareness and preparedness. For this reason, even basic education and training on CBRN is lacking. It was advised that the focus for the future should be on the development of internationally standardized protocols and standards. The face-to-face discussions of the TAP will be continued at future Hesculaep expert meetings. The intention is that during the 16WCDEM, the achievements of the established network will be presented.

Keywords

chemicalbiologicalradiologicaland nucleareducationknowledgepreparednessnetworkresponderstraining
Type
Tap Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 23 , Issue S2: Reports from the 15th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 13–16 May 2007 , August 2008 , pp. s65 - s69
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2008

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