Simon J D
Office of the President, Political Risk Assessment Co, Inc, Santa Monica, Calif 90406, USA.
JAMA. 1997 Aug 6;278(5):428-30. doi: 10.1001/jama.278.5.428.
The threat of terrorists using biological warfare agents has received increased attention in recent years. Despite the hope that, with the right mix of policies, security measures, and intelligence gathering, a major biological warfare terrorist attack can be prevented, the history of conventional terrorism indicates otherwise. The greatest payoff in combating biological terrorism lies in focusing on how best to respond to a terrorist attack. The medical and emergency service communities will play the most important role in that process. Ensuring that they are trained to recognize the symptoms of diseases caused by biological warfare agents and have Critical Incident Stress Debriefing teams available to help them cope with the emotional aspects of treating exposed survivors should be part of contingency planning. By improving our readiness to respond to biological terrorism, many lives can be saved and terrorists denied their goal of creating panic and crisis throughout the country.
近年来，恐怖分子使用生物战剂构成的威胁受到了更多关注。尽管人们寄希望于通过正确组合政策、安全措施和情报收集工作来预防重大生物战恐怖袭击，但传统恐怖主义的历史却表明并非如此。应对生物恐怖主义的最大成效在于专注于如何以最佳方式应对恐怖袭击。医疗和应急服务部门将在这一过程中发挥最重要的作用。确保他们接受培训以识别由生物战剂引起的疾病症状，并配备重大事件应激晤谈团队以帮助他们应对治疗受感染幸存者过程中的情感问题，这应成为应急计划的一部分。通过提高我们应对生物恐怖主义的准备程度，可以挽救许多生命，并使恐怖分子无法实现其在全国制造恐慌和危机的目标。
