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DATE: Wednesday, November 16

TIME: 8 a.m – 5 p.m.

LOCATION:
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Lecture Hall/Auditorium, Level 100
12th and Arch streets, Philadelphia

EVENT:
Terrorism, security and medical specialists who dealt first-with highly publicized terrorist attacks and major disasters, such as the Madrid train and London  subway bombings, will share notes with more than 600 of their U.S. counterparts on how to best respond to such incidents at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s seventh annual International Conference on Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness.

SPEAKERS:
Kevan McCrone, chief inspector, London Police

F. Javier Ortiz-Alonzo, M.D., chief, Emergency Medicine, Hospital Gregorio Maranon in Madrid

Mike Hutchcroft, Oklahoma City Bomb Squad

Joseph Dempsey, sergeant, Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado.

William C. Patrick, III, former chief, product development, discontinued U.S. Army Bioweapons Program

DISCUSSION TOPICS:
Identifying current domestic and international terroristic threats related to pre-hospital and hospital preparedness, bioterrorism and security issues

Effective and appropriate strategies for managing selected forms of terrorism and natural disaster

Identifying factors associated with the safety and security of various facilities from the threat of terrorism

AWARDS:
The Arthur D. Blackshaw Award for Courage will also be presented at a midday luncheon during the conference to Inspector Robert Tucker Commanding Officer, Domestic Preparedness Division, Police Department, City of Philadelphia. The award is named after the late Arthur D. Blackshaw Jr., CRNA, CD, who was instrumental in first developing Jefferson University Hospital’s terrorism program.

BACKGROUND:
The conference is sponsored by Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Health and with support from the Centers for Disease Control and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is a designated Center for Public Health Preparedness by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is funded by HRSA to provide bioterrorism training and education for the nation’s health professionals.