PLAGUE AS A BIOLOGICAL WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
ABSTRACT: Indonesia is an
archipelago country lies on the pacific ring of fire, which has a greater risk
for disaster due to its geographic location. Indonesia had experienced both
natural disaster and man made disaster. However, now days man made disaster
often occurred that lead towards destruction of human mankind. Modern weapon of
mass destruction are either nuclear, biological or chemical can bring a huge
damage to societies and civilization. Methods:
The method used in this literature review was collected and analyzed the
article of biological weapon of mass destruction. Articles collected through
electronic databases such as CINAHL; ScienceDirect; Center for Disease Control
(CDC); American Medical Association (AMA); National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases (NIH) and textbook of emergency preparedness response. The
criteria of articles have full text and published in the period of time between
2004-2014.
Result: In this article mainly focused on explaining plague as a
biological weapon of mass destruction that including description of the agents,
historical background occurring plague as a biological organism, historical use
plague as a weapon of mass destruction (WMD),
transmission/dispersion/incubation, diagnosis and treatment, detection, responder
safety consideration, environmental impact, medical surge consideration and
future implications. Discussion and recommendation: The huge number of
casualties due to sudden event can cause increasing demand for health care
resources including facilities, health care providers, hospital resources,
infrastructures and other resources. Preparing for medical surge are always in
the first priority and can be consisting medical services facilities, medical
care providers, hospital resources as well as infrastructures. During
tremendous outbreak health care center will probably run out of space,
furthermore it is essential to establish the alternate care facilities such as
school, mosque, churches, community center, mall, government building, stadium,
medical professional offices and so forth to deal with large casualties. In
addition, totally eliminating plague is less possible, and so improving
prophylactic and therapeutic antibiotic regimen as well as rapid diagnostic and
technical laboratory microbiology standards are essential to response plague
outbreak.
Author: Dewi Kartikawati
Ningsih
Journal Code: jpkeperawatangg130003
