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Background

In recent years there has been growing concern that many of the most likely terrorist threats will involve "agents of opportunity" or materials that are readily available in most communities around the country.

The goal of this online CME course is to increase practitioners' and public health response and planning personnels' awareness of industrial compounds as potential chemical agents of opportunity for terrorism. The course will review the medical and psychological consequences of exposures with a variety of materials and is recommended not only for practicing nursing and medical communities, but also for medical students, physician assistant students, and nursing students to ensure that these soon-to-be graduated practitioners have adequate basic training in recognizing and managing such incidents. Early basic training in graduate health sciences education will ultimately reduce costs, maximize fund of knowledge at an early stage of development and promote direct application to real-world medicine, thus, benefiting 21st Century healthcare.

Module Options and Fees

This educational module activity is presented in an online, narrative slide presentation format. There are 3 options for completing the online modules:

1. Completing one or more of the eight individual online modules (within 3 months from enrollment) in the TIMs Day Two AoO course at the following price scale:

$15 for each 1 hour module of CME credit
$12 for each .75 hour module of CME credit
$7.50 for each .50 hour module of CME credit

2. Completing the full series of eight online AoO TIMs Day Two modules (within one year from enrollment) at a cost of $87.00  Modules should be completed in sequence.

3. Completing the entire 2-day AoO course (TRMs/Day One & TIMs/Day Two) (within one year from enrollment) at a cost of $181.50  Modules should be completed in sequence.

Review Date: April 23, 2014

Original Release Date: June 5, 2014

Termination Date: July 31, 2017

Course Prerequisites

There is a short, one time, introductory video required before start of module(s). Please click here for video (00:04:02). When done, use the back arrow to return to course page.

Accreditation and Designation Statements

ACCME

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians.

CME educational activities were planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Essentials.

AOA

Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Council on Continuing Medical Education (CCME) to sponsor Category 1-B online (enduring) continuing medical education for physicians and other health care professionals.

A Certificate of Completion is provided after the completion of required activities (video, post-test, and evaluation) for non-physicians and other health care professionals who want to self-claim Continuing Education (CE) credit.

Disclosure Statement

It is the practice of ORISE and LMU-DCOM to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational programs. All participating faculty, CME planners, and reviewers in these programs are required to disclose any relevant financial relationship(s) they have with a commercial interest that benefits the individual in any financial amount occurring withthin the past 12 months; and the opportunity to affect the content of CME about the products or services of the commercial interest.

The ORISE and LMU-DCOM CME Committees also review activity content and the required financial disclosures to identify any relevant financial relationships potentially affecting CME activities.

If necessary, the providers will be required to make changes to activity content as a result of these reviews. ORISE and LMU-DCOM will ensure that any conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity occurs. Information concerning faculty financial interests or its absence will be conveyed to participants at the beginning of all CME activities.

The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME webcast:  Doran Christensen DO—has nothing to disclose; Rob Beauchamp RN EMT-P—has nothing to disclose; Steve Sugarman MS CHP CHCM; has nothing to disclose.

The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME webcast:  Here is a list of our CME Committee and they have no financial relationships to disclose.

Click here for LMU-DCOM's policy on privacy and confidentiality.

Taget Audience

Primary Care Physicians - Emergency Medicine, Occupational, Family Practice, General Surgery, Internal Medicine Physicians
Medical Directors for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System
Medical Students, Nursing Students, Physician Assistant (PA) Students, Paramedic Students
Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Clinicians
Physician Assistants (PA)
Medical Residents
Pre-Hospital First Responders (EMTs)

Objectives

Upon completion of this one-day activity, the participant will be able to:

1. Identify and discuss past use of chemical agents of opportunity.
2. Describe health effects and treatment available to victims of TICs/TIMs.
3. Understand the psychological impact of mass chemical exposures.

Click on the module links below to begin the CME educational activity. Each module will have a step-by-step process for completing the required components for CME credit. These steps include:

1. Unscored pre-test
2. Video presentation
3. Post-test with 3 attempts
4. Assessment/evaluation
5. Certificate of completion.

Video length is indicated as (00:00:00). Module video links can open in a 2nd tab and be viewed for review when completing the post-test.

For a 3-minute (optional) preview of each module click on the following link(s):

AoO-TIMs (ACMT-1) Basic Toxic Warefare: Looking Beyond Conventional Chemical Weapons

AoO-TIMs (ACMT-2) The Clinical Neurotoxicology of Chemical Terrorism

AoO-TIMs (ACMT-3) Toxic Industrial Gases as Terrorist Threats

AoO-TIMs (ACMT-4) Why are Cyanide & Fumigants so Worrisome

AoO-TIMs (ACMT-5) Food, Water & Medications as Vehicles for Toxic Terrorism

AoO-TIMs (ACMT-6) Terrorism by Fear and Uncertainty: Delayed Toxic Syndromes

AoO-TIMs (ACMT-7) Blast and Burn Injuries

AoO-TIMs (ACMT-8) The Psychological Impact of Mass Chemical Exposures

A bibliography for further study is provided at the bottom of this page.