1. PREVIEWED SOURCES :
People:
- Kalynn Chumney-My thesis partner. She and I discussed my topic for a while allowing me to articulate my ideas.
- Mr. Engholm- I talked with him about what types of things that I should include in my thesis paper. I also chatted with him about my Inquiry Statement and what types of things that I should say and I bounced different forms of my Inquiry Statement off of him.
Articles:
- Title:
Unbuilt public health lab a linchpin in state's readiness for bioterrorism
Authors:
Toland, Bill
Source:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA); 03/23/2005 - Website Link: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=2W60022330297&site=ehost-live
- This article discusses a Pittsburgh, PA idea to prepare for a biological terror attack. The article references a group called: Trust for America's Health: it is a Washington-based health advocacy group that has created a ranking among the fifty states for biogolical terrorist attack prepared ness. It also mentions a conference on Biological Terrorism that I would like to find transcripts from.
- http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr4904a1.htm
- This is from the CDC it should be a very good source.
- http://search.hhs.gov/search?q=+Biological+Terrorism+Preparedness&entqr=0&ud=1&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&site=HHS&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&lr=lang_en&client=HHS&proxystylesheet=HHS
2. INQUIRY STATEMENT: I am curious as to how I create the best possible solution to the problem of United States hospitals being ill equipped to handle a massive influx of patients due to a biological terrorist attack.
3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
- What history is there of Biological Terrorist attacks around the world?
- Are C/B (chemical/ biological) terrorist attacks even a probable threat to the United States? - This question basically asks whether or not my thesis will hold water - if you know what I mean.
- What solutions have previously been proposed about this issue, if any at all? - This would be good for me to know so that my solution wouldn't copy someone elses.
- What kinds of materials would be necessary to prepare a single hospital to handle a possible C/B attack?
- How much would my solution cost/ per hospital?
- Would it be necessary to equip every hospital to be able to handle an influx C/B attack patients?
- If not which hospitals should be equipped?
- Would the total cost be and would it be practical to equip hospitals all at once?
- Should I incorporate an implementation schedule for my solution?
- Who should I talk to about my idea to access my potential solutions practicality? - This would have to be someone involved in a hospitals administrative staff.
- How could I make my solution fiscally responsible?
- Would it be possible to get government funding for my solution, possible later on?
- Can Categorical/ Block grants given to my plan to cut down the cost for each individual hospital? - My goal here is not to shut down hospitals or to send them into bankruptcy with the introduction of my plan, which makes me think that I need to make sure that I find a PRACTICAL way to implement my solution
