21st Century Complete Medical Guide to Swine Influenza
Product DescriptionThis up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on two CD-ROM provides the best collection available anywhere of official documentation from the federal government on the vital issue of the new strain of flu virus discovered in April 2009, avian or swine influenza A H1N1 (called pork-Origin influenza virus, S-OIV). In response to an epidemic is intensifying in the United States and internationally caused by a new virus from swine flu, the World Health has increased the level of pandemic alert the world to phase 5 April 29, 2009. This collection presents extensive research on key information from many authoritative sources: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), NIAID, Health and Human Services ( HHS), Homeland Security Department, Defense Department, World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Department of Agriculture, OSHA, Obama White House, and much more. Hundreds of guidance authoritative scientific reports, and pandemic plans provide full information on all aspects of this emerging threat to global health. Director General of WHO Dr Margaret Chan said: "It's really the whole mankind is threatened during a pandemic." Contents include: * Clinical and Medical Information – Groups risk, symptoms, screening, treatment, prevention * Vaccination and antiviral drugs * risk of a catastrophic pandemic. This disc has nearly 50,000 pages reproduced using Adobe PDF and Acrobat Reader software is included. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete index and full text. This allows the user to search all files on the disc both words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. At phase 5 alert is a "strong signal that a pandemic is imminent and that the time to finalize the organization, communication and implementation of planned mitigation measures." The United States reported a public health emergency in the United States. Response goals of the CDC are to reduce transmission and disease severity, and provide information to assist providers of health care, responsible for public health and address public challenges posed by this situation of urgency. CDC is issuing and updated interim guidance daily in response to the rapidly changing situation. Division of the CDC Strategic National Reserve (SNS) continues to send medicine antivirals, protective equipment and respirators to all 50 states and U.S. territories to help address the epidemic. The pig influenza A (H1N1) virus is sensitive to the prescription antiviral medications oseltamivir and zanamivir. In addition, the federal government and manufacturers have begun the process of developing a vaccine against this new virus. For patients, practical information is provided in the documents of education clearly written patient. For professional medical, doctor reference tools and texts have detailed technical information and clinical documentation. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient and portable – everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust. Since navigating the Internet to find additional information not medical government can be confusing, we've also provided our exclusive "Guide for the major medical websites" with updated links to 67 of the best sites for the medical information! Built-in weblinks allow you to quickly check the latest clinical updates directly from the government and best commercial portals, news sites, and / reference manual / non-commercial portals.
21st Century Complete Medical Guide to Swine Influenza
