Resident Course • Satellite Course • FIBWA Course

— FY06 Satellite Course —

Advanced Topics on Medical Defense Against Biological Agents
Botulinum Toxin

Individual Registration Instructions:
Individuals should register and complete an evaluation/critique on-line at the web-site www.swankhealth.com. You will be able to review and choose from a list of viewing sites available in your state. You must confirm your registration at a specific viewing site by using e-mail or telephone information indicated to contact the site facilitator. If you do not have Internet access or cannot complete your registration on-line, please call 1-800-950-4248 for assistance. In order to receive a certificate (CME/CNE/CEU), you must register, complete an evaluation/critique, and view 100% of this program.

Web Viewing:
This program will be rebroadcast online for viewing at www.swankhealth.com and will be available until September 20, 2007.

CME Accreditation:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

Credit Designation:
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)®. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Office of Continuing Medical Education presents this activity for educational purposes only. Participants are expected to utilize their own expertise and judgment while engaged in the practice of medicine. The content of the presentations is provided solely by presenters who have been selected for presentations because of recognized expertise in their field.

CNE Accreditation:
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - Health.edu, is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This activity meets Type I criteria for mandatory continuing education requirements toward relicensure as established by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP11800, for 2 contact hours for each program. Provider approved by Florida Department of Health Board of Nursing, Provider #FBN2060. Provider approved by West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, Provider #WV1998-0262RN. Iowa Board of Nursing approved provider #325. Certificates should be retained for a period of four (4) years.

Botulinum Toxin tech sheet

Distance learning allows greater numbers of
health care providers to be trained in the diagnosis
and treatment of patients exposed to
biological warfare agents.

FY02 & FY03 Satellite Courses
Advanced Topics on Medical Defense against Biological &
Chemical Agent - 6 part series

The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and the Department of Veterans Affairs (Employee Education System and the Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group) originally sponsored this live, interactive, satellite broadcast as six 2-hour programs on “Advanced Topics on Medical Defense against Biological and Chemical Agents.” They are now available as a web cast, VHS tape, or DVD set. These programs provide detailed information for military and civilian medical and public health professionals in the recognition and management of biological and chemical casualties, and in notifying the appropriate response agencies. World-renowned experts from USAMRIID, USAMRICD, Department of Veterans Affairs, and other organizations presented these programs. The target audience is military and civilian medical care providers, public health professionals, clinical laboratory staff, first responders, and others who would assist in recognizing and managing casualties from a biological or chemical agent attack.

Increased concern about possible threats of chemical and biological terrorism has continued since the events of September 11, 2001 and the anthrax attacks in October 2001. Basic training for medical defense against biological and chemical agents is available through VHS tape and DVD sets from prior satellite broadcasts. More advanced and continuing education is now necessary to build clinical skills for medical defense. Military and civilian medical and public health professionals must maintain skills and become more proficient in recognizing that a biological or chemical attack has occurred, activating the appropriate agencies and personnel to investigate the event, treating the casualties, dealing with psychological effects, and preventing the spread of the agent. To build clinical knowledge, decrease impact on clinical schedules, and increase clinician attendance, the live, interactive, satellite broadcast on “Advanced Topics on Medical Defense against Biological and Chemical Agents” was created and aired. The format includes six 2-hour programs with 90 minutes of instructional material followed by 30 minutes of live question-and-answer.