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Security methods of a hospital against a chemical terrorist attack
DOUBEK, Ladislav
Abstract For my bachelor work I have chosen the topic ``Methods of Hospital Protection against Terrorist Attack by Chemical Substances{\crqq}. At present it is an important up-to-day subject because terrorism is a current global problem. International cooperation in battle against terrorism is life necessity today. The subject of my work is a brief description of terrorism, which is becoming the phenomenon of today ´s world, with the focus on chemical terrorism, a brief description of substances which can be easily misused for the purpose of chemical terrorism and their characteristics, and also the prevention and protection against these substances. In the next chapters my work describes the current state of the preparedness of crisis management authorities for the possible attack by a chemical substance in a hospital, single tasks of Integrated Rescue System bodies, through individual protection and possibilities of decontamination. The part of my work is the outline of the terrorist attack in a hospital building. Here I would like to point out that this outline serves to document the abnormality of terrorism as such and particularly the terrorism in the area where doctors and medical staff nurse the patients, who need medical help. Bachelor work also further includes the generally elaborated plan for crisis preparedness of medium-type hospitals, together with crisis legislative standards and acts. Last but not least the preparedness of state administration is mentioned. Following there is the comparison of medium-type hospitals with Central Military Hospital in Prague, which serves as a sample hospital where the preparedness for the terrorist attack is in my opinion the highest in the Czech Republic. The conclusion of my work is the analysis and the assessment of complex hypothesis: ``If the crisis management and relating protection of hospitals are prepared for the terrorist attack by chemical substances{\crqq}.
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