First Aid, Safety & Preparedness

It’s important to have a current, easy-to-use first-aid book readily available, like Doc’s First Aid Guide. And please, read it before you need it! Be familiar with what’s inside and the steps necessary for basic first aid care.... Full Answer

When making a 911 call, tell the dispatcher the three Ws: Who is injured? What is the emergency? Where is the emergency? (This answer provided for NATA by the Eastern Kentucky University Athletic Training Education Program.) Full Answer

If your child is ever caught in an emergency situation, text messaging is the technology you want them to have immediate access to. The technology associated with mobile messaging offers benefits that phone calls can't, such as: Your teens might not be... Full Answer

Health records and other important papers that you use or may need to refer to often during a year can be kept in a place that can be locked such as a filing cabinet, fireproof lock box, or a chest. Although these documents can be replaced if... Full Answer

Botox is purified toxin that is taken from the bacteria that cause botulism. I heard on the news that the government is worried about Botox being used in bioterrorism.It turns out that the toxin that makes up Botox, called botulinum toxin, can be made... Full Answer

Because smallpox is both highly contagious and fatal, it could be a devastating bioterrorist weapon. In fact, the first the documented use of smallpox as a weapon was during the French and Indian Wars in the mid-1700s. The Native Americans fought... Full Answer

Since the atomic bombings in Japan in 1945, most cases of radiation poisoning have been due to accidents. However, public health departments and national security officials are constantly studying and preparing for a terrorist act involving an... Full Answer

Anthrax infects humans when they have direct skin contact with the spores, by eating infected animals, or by breathing in spores. Human to human infection is not likely. Anthrax that has been prepared as a bioweapon is dense with spores and looks like... Full Answer

We will not prevent every act of terror, but there is a lot we can do to inform and empower ourselves to face an act of bioterror. Learn more in this video as Dr. Oz discusses a hypothetical scenario with Dr. Alexander Garza, Dr. Stephen Flynn,... Full Answer

For centuries, disease has been used as a weapon; a strategically placed corpse infected with the plague could bring down an enemy's village in a matter of weeks. Nowadays, with all that modern technology has to offer, deadly viruses and bacteria can be... Full Answer