Terrorism & The Medical Environment - Hardcover

Louis R. Mizell Jr; E. Reed Smith Jr

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0578174138 ISBN 13: 9780578174136

Publisher: Louis Mizell, 2016

Synopsis

Did You Know That MORE than 100 anti-U.S. terrorist organizations worldwide have targeted hospitals, labs and medical personnel: THE largest and second largest hostage taking events in modern history resulting in 400 people killed and hundreds more wounded both took place in hospitals: MEMBERS of at least 54 terrorist groups worldwide are known to have impersonated medical personnel; at least 174 ambulances have been utilized in terrorist operations: MORE terrorist groups have been headed by physicians than any other single profession: al-Qaeda, Hamas, PFLP, Abu Nidal, Hezbollah, etc; THREE of the ten deadliest bombings in recent years occurred in the healthcare environment; TERRORISTS targeting the medical environment have utilized ambulance bombs, double-bombs, dog bombs, candy and flower bombs, bra and baby bombs, etc. They have also concealed weapons and bombs in wheelchairs, crutches, fake casts, prosthetic limbs and coffins; HUNDREDS of medical workers in the U.S., including doctors, nurses, EMTs and lab technicians, have been members of domestic and international terrorist organizations. IDENTIFYING the single greatest threat to the healthcare and laboratory community, Terrorism & The Medical Environment is designed to help save lives, money, property and professional reputations. Adopting a unique Age of Information format one part narrative, one part incident database Terrorism & The Medical Environment focuses on assassinations, bombings, armed assaults, kidnappings and disloyal insiders. The first and only book of its kind, awareness of the tactics, targets and trends discussed in Terrorism & The Medical Environment is imperative for all hospital and healthcare employees, first responders, police and military personnel, counterterrorism specialists and laboratory workers. A person or organization aware of terrorist tactics is less likely to become a victim of those tactics; is less likely to bemoan, I wish I had known.

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About the Author

LOUIS R. MIZELL, JR. A former U.S. Marine and Special Agent / Intelligence Officer with the U.S. Department of State, Louis R. Mizell has had a wide range of assignments in 105 countries: Vietnam, Lebanon, Pakistan, Iran, Colombia, El Salvador, Peru, Italy, Korea, Russia, etc. The author of nine books on terrorism, crime, security and safety including Target USA and Street Sense for Parents (featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show), Mizell has a Master's Degree in law enforcement, taught a graduate course in international terrorism and has lectured on hospital security in the U.S. and four other countries. Quoted in more than 400 newspaper and magazine articles, Mizell has appeared on dozens of television news programs and documentaries, including 20 / 20 , 60 Minutes II , Good Morning America and CNN. Still available for lectures and international troubleshooting, Mizell's primary focus is in on his unique, 3-million incident, 80,000-topic Knowledgebase Information System. Consisting of 100 separate but interconnected Systems , Mizell's Knowledgebase includes a system called Terrorism, Crime & Security in the Hospital & Healthcare Environment that divides nearly 180,000 incidents into 714 retrievable subcategories or Topic / Chronicles. E. REED SMITH, JR, MD Dr. Smith is the Operational Medical Director for the Arlington County (VA) Fire Department and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He attended medical school at the Georgetown University, completed his residency training in Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University, and has spent the last 12 years developing training and programs to address regional emergency preparedness and operational gaps in the National Capital Region. Board certified in Emergency Medicine with a sub-specialty certification in Emergency Medical Services, Reed is a former EMS provider and a former United State Navy Combat Corpsman with strong interests in Operational & Tactical Medicine. As faculty, he has been the Program Director for the George Washington University Emergency Health Services program and has led the Division of Special Operations Medicine, overseeing the development of unique custom educational programs and medical operations for civilian and military special operations teams. In his current position as OMD for Arlington County, he oversees all medical operations, provider education, Quality Assurance, and medical protocols, and has helped to develop new programs including unique operational EMS sub-specialty teams such as the Rescue Task Force, an innovative pre-hospital response to active violence and explosive scenarios. Most recently, he co-founded and now co-chairs the non-profit Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care to facilitate medical knowledge transfer from combat to civilian use, and is helping to develop the cutting edge Arlington County Fire Department High Threat program. Dr. Smith frequently presents at national and international medical conferences and delivers training to many groups ranging from tactical to operational to hospital-based.

About this edition

• Publisher: Louis Mizell
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0578174138
• ISBN 13: 9780578174136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 350