Special Seminar | Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs and TIMs
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The American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT), in partnership with the Region 4 Southern Regional Disaster Response System (SRDRS), is pleased to offer this course on emergency medical response to exposures from toxic chemicals. The Emergency Management Unit, within the Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) at the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), supported the development of this unique course to familiarize health care providers and responders with toxic exposures. The course will review the medical and psychological consequences of exposures to a variety of chemical materials. It will include practical information regarding scene safety for such agents as high potency fentanyl analogs, and inhaled irritants.
Target Audience: CDC Staff who would be involved in chemical emergency preparedness and response activities, Emergency Operations Center/Duty Officers, Emergency Communication Staff, and other CDC Subject Matter Experts in Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Please note that the link to the live webcast is available on this page (on the Contents tab).
Agenda | August 14, 2024
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM ET Sign-In / Log-In
9:10 AM - 9:15 AM ET Opening Remarks
Jill Shugart, MSPH, REHS, DAAS
CAPT, US Public Health Service
CDC/NCEH/ATSDR Associate Director for Emergency Management
Paul Wax, MD, FACMT
Executive Director, American College of Medical Toxicology
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM ET Overview of the Course and Orientation to TICs/TIMs
Charles McKay, MD, FACMT
Associate Medical Director, Connecticut Poison Control Center
9:45 AM - 10:15 AM ET Toxic Industrial Gases
Ziad Kazzi, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Vice President, American College of Medical Toxicology
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM ET Food, Water and Medication as Vehicles for Toxic Threats
Charles McKay, MD, FACMT
Associate Medical Director, Connecticut Poison Control Center
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET Delayed Onset Toxins
Ziad Kazzi, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Vice President, American College of Medical Toxicology
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM ET The Psychological Consequences of Mass Chemical Exposures
Paul Wax, MD, FACMT
Executive Director, American College of Medical Toxicology
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET Post-Event Medical Monitoring and Risk Communication
Charles McKay, MD, FACMT
Associate Medical Director, Connecticut Poison Control Center
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM ET Break
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM ET Scenario-Based Discussion
Ziad Kazzi, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Vice President, American College of Medical Toxicology
Charles McKay, MD, FACMT
Associate Medical Director, Connecticut Poison Control Center
Paul Wax, MD, FACMT
Executive Director, American College of Medical Toxicology
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM ET Closing Remarks/Adjourn
Paul Wax, MD, FACMT
Executive Director, American College of Medical Toxicology
Jill Shugart, MSPH, REHS, DAAS
CAPT, US Public Health Service
CDC/NCEH/ATSDR Associate Director for Emergency Management
Ziad Kazzi, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, FACMT, FAACT
Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Born in 1975 and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Dr. Kazzi trained in Emergency Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta (2000-03) where he served as a chief resident before completing a subspecialty fellowship in Medical Toxicology at Emory University, Georgia Poison Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. He is board certified in both Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology. Dr. Kazzi joined the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) between 2005 and 2008 where he served as a Medical Toxicologist for the Regional Poison Control Center in Birmingham and the Alabama Poison Center. Currently, he is an associate professor at the department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia as well as the director of the International Toxicology Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at Emory University (http://www.em.emory.edu/services/toxicology/international_postdoc_training.html). He is also the assistant medical director of the Georgia Poison Center (www.georgiapoisoncenter.org) and a medical toxicologist at the Radiation Studies Branch of the National Center for Environmental Health at the CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/) where he participates in emergency preparedness and response activities in radiation. As an emergency physician and toxicologist, Dr. Kazzi specializes in the recognition, triage, and management of poisonings and holds a deep interest in the areas of Radiation and International Toxicology. Over the past decade, he developed strong ties to India in the areas of medical toxicology, mass gathering medical preparedness, radiation emergency medicine, blast injuries and hazmat. Through his collaboration with the CDC, AIIMS, and PGIMER Chandigarh, he has delivered and co-directed the first Advanced Hazmat Life Support trainings in Ahmedabad and Delhi. He organized a number of training conferences in Nashik, Pune, Ujjain and Delhi and has been an invited speaker at the annual INDUS EM world congress. He is an active and founding board member of the Middle East North Africa Toxicology Association (www.menatox.org) and currently serves as its President. He is also a board member and chairs the International Committee of the American College of Medical Toxicology (www.acmt.net).
Charles McKay, MD, FACMT
Associate Medical Director
CT Poison Control Center, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Dr. McKay was trained in Anatomic and Surgical Pathology, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Medical Toxicology and was a Medical Director of Occupational Health and Medical Review Officer for a hospital system during more than 30 years of clinical practice, during which he provided toxicology consultation at 3 hospitals, directed a medical toxicology fellowship training program, and provided medical oversight of a regional poison control center. He provides medical legal consultation across the country on toxicology-related issues, and has testified in nearly 100 cases, many related to questions of alcohol- and -drug-induced impairment.
Paul M. Wax, MD, FACMT
Executive Director
American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT)
Dr. Wax is the Executive Director of the American College of Medical Toxicology. He received his B.A from Dartmouth College, his M.D. from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, his Emergency Medicine training at the UCLA Hospitals, and his Medical Toxicology training at Bellevue Medicine Center / New York University. He is Board-certified in both Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, and is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Toxicology.
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