Disaster Types and Injury Patterns HARRT 2004. SIMPLE DISASTER  LIMITED IN DURATION  LIMITED IN GEOGRAPHICAL EXPANSE  IMPACT UPON ON A SMALL PERCENTAGE.

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Disaster Types and Injury Patterns HARRT 2004

SIMPLE DISASTER  LIMITED IN DURATION  LIMITED IN GEOGRAPHICAL EXPANSE  IMPACT UPON ON A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE COMMUNITY’S POPULATION POPULATION Medical Consequences

TIME INTENSITY SIMPLE DISASTER

Terrorist Weapons : The Threat Spectrum INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS CW AGENTS BW AGENTS RADIOLOGICAL MATERIALS NUCLEAR MATERIALS NUCLEAR WEAPONS Chlorine Acids Strong Bases Bulk toxic or explosive materials in everyday commerce Phosgene Mustard Nerve Agents Bot. Tox Anthrax Ricin “Engineered” microbes incl. Antibiotic resistant organisms H.E. Uranium Plutonium Beryllium Americium Neptunium Californium “Dirty Bomb” High level reactor waste Medical Isotopes Co-60 Cs-137 Sr-90 Purloined military devices Oralloy gun bombs Implosion bombs