Pandemic Influenza – Emergency Planning and Community Preparedness is the title of a US book edited by Jeffrey R Ryan.
It should be a useful tool for security directors and business continuity professionals who want to better understand the threat and the potential business and personnel impact a pandemic influenza outbreak would have.
ISBN: 1420060872 โข $69.95 / £36.99, hardcover.
Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning and Community Preparedness introduces readers to the most critical global and domestic issues regarding a potential pandemic. No one is immune to the potential devastation of a mass pandemic influenza outbreak. Yet, despite recent small-scale outbreaks and dire warnings from the World Health Organization that such an event is imminent and overdue, our preparedness continues to lag, it is claimed.
Part of the problem is that while a national plan is important, much of the real action must occur at the local level. Triage, care, and containment, along with maintenance of the infrastructure, are functions that must be carried out by local planners, the medical community, and first responders.
Featuring 13 contributions, this work arms planners and responders with an understanding of outbreak containment and response planning, providing a detailed analysis of our present capabilities and potential weaknesses.
Features:
Assesses factors leading to an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, including its potential effect on the economy
· Identifies principles associated with the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza
· Determine response actions of various emergency services disciplines as they relate to communications, travel, and quarantine
· Examine the components of service continuation essential for the private sector to remain intact during a severe pandemic
The book will serve as an invaluable resource to public health officials, emergency management and preparedness professionals, business continuity professionals as well business leader and public policy makers who wish to prioritize and define roles, create a plan, and allocate the proper resources to mitigate the devastation of a pandemic influenza.
CONTENTS:
Part One: Defining the Threat of Influenza โข Past Pandemics and Their Outcome โข The Spanish Flu of 1918 โข Part Two: Natural History of Influenza โข Biology of the Virus โข Clinical Aspects of Influenza โข Avian Influenza โข Part Three: Defining the Response โข International, Federal Programs and Assets โข Defining the Response at the Local Level โข Service Continuation Planning for Business โข Fatality Management โข Epilogue: Putting it All Together
ABOUT JEFFREY RYAN:
Jeffrey R Ryan, PhD, is a retired Army lieutenant colonel with an extensive background in preventative medicine, epidemiology, clinical trials, and diagnostics development. Dr Ryan also served in the private sector, working for biotech company Cepheid, where he was a senior business developer and manager for their biothreat government business program. Dr Ryan has authored more than 40 scientific peer-reviewed journal articles and is the lead instructor and co-developer of the Pandemic Influenza Planning and Preparedness course, which is taught at the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Alabama.
Dr Ryan serves as an assistant professor at the Institute for Emergency Preparedness, Jacksonville State University. His specialty areas include biosecurity, biodefense, medical aspects of emergency management, Homeland Security planning, and preparedness and terrorism studies.
