MSMS will send regular updates to members who request to be added to the MSMS Biodefense Team. To join, send your e-mail address to msms@msms.org and indicate “Biodefense” in the subject line. We will respond to you with a confirmation and a request for specialty and special interest information, so that we may add you to our resource list in the event experts and or speakers are needed.

• Key Sites
  • Michigan State Police - Emergency Management Division
  • CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response
    
• Clinical
  • American Medical Association:
    • JAMA Consensus Statements
      • Anthrax
      • Smallpox
      • Plague
      • Botulinum toxin
      • Tularemia
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
    • Bioterrorism Portal 
    • Chemical Emergency Portal
    • Radiation Emergency Portal 
  • U.S. Public Health Service Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices:
    • Recommendations on Smallpox Vaccination
    • Recommendations on Anthrax Vaccination
      
• Current data (CDC)
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
• Procedures and Guidelines
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    • Health Alert Network (Archive)
    • Contact Protocols in Case of Bioterrorist Incident
• Chemical Terrorism Resources
  Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• Related Information 
  • Doctors Without Borders: Providing Medical Relief Worldwide
  • FDA: US Food and Drug Administration: Bioterrorism-Related Federal Legislation
  • FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Michigan Infectious Disease Society: A Michigan Organization Structured After the Parent Infectious Disease Society of America
  • Nova: Links and Books
  • The American Red Cross

The Good Samaritan Immunity Statute provides that a physician who, in good faith, renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency is generally immune from civil liability. The immunity applies if there is no relationship between the physician and patient prior to the emergency. There is also no immunity if the physician is grossly negligent or engages in willful and wanton misconduct. This immunity also extends to the hospital if the physician does not have a duty to respond to an emergency, which would likely be the case for an E.R. physician who is on duty where immunity would not apply.