AMA Resources and Policies

Management of public health emergencies
A resource guide for physicians and other community responders
Produced by the AMA this resource guide is a compilation of Web and computer-based resources and is designed as a quick and easy reference tool.

To obtain a free copy of this resource guide on CD-ROM, please contact Jim Lyznicki, MS, MPH at (312) 464-4520 or send an E-mail to disastercd@ama-assn.org

Improving health system preparedness for terrorism and mass casualty events - Report and recommendations from the AMA/APHA Linkages Leadership Summit 

• Full Report (PDF)
• Action Brief (PDF)
• Signed Pledge of Commitment (PDF)

Council on Science and Public Health and Board of Trustees reports
Read the AMA's Council on Science and Public Health reports on terrorism:

• AMA National Disaster Life Support Program (I-03)
• Update: Medical Preparedness for Terrorism and Other Disasters (A-01)
• Medical Preparedness for Terrorism and Other Disasters (I-00)
• Organized Medicine's Role in the National Response to Terrorism: Update 2 (A-00)
• Organized Medicine's Role in the National Response to Terrorism: Update 1 (I-99) (PDF)
• Organized Medicine's Role in the National Response to Terrorism (A-99)

Report 26 of the Board of Trustees (I-01)
AMA leadership in the medical response to terrorism and other disasters

Frequently asked questions

• Bioterrorism (PDF)
• Anthrax (PDF)
• Smallpox (PDF)

JAMA consensus statements
Visit the JAMA Web site for an extensive list of journal articles pertaining to biological agents and the diagnosis and treatment of each.

JAMA is offering the following five consensus statements viewable free of charge

• Tularemia as a biological weapon June 6, 2001
• Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon Feb. 28, 2001
• Plague as a biological weapon May 3, 2000
• Anthrax as a biological weapon May 1, 2002
• Smallpox as a biological weapon June 9, 1999

Reference guide
AMA's Bioterrorism Agents Quick Reference Guide (PDF)

Other resources

Medem learning center: Bioterrorism

CDC Terrorism Injuries Information, Dissemination and Exchange (TIIDE) Project