Preparedness Before Sarin Nerve Gas Attack

This essay discusses the preparedness of emergency response team in case of sarin nerve gas attack. It highlights the role of emergence response team in such type of genocide attacks and how they can reduce the impact of any chemical attack. The essay also suggests that the emergence response team should focus on maximum use of emergency-response resources and act on those principles that are required to follow such type of emergence situation.

Running Head: Preparedness Before Sarin Nerve Gas Attack
Cyber Crime and Homeland Security Discussion
Essay
System04104
8/11/2019

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Preparedness of Emergence Response Team in Case of Sarin Nerve
Gas Attack
Sarin is one of the more dangerous nerve agents that affect the nervous system of
people by interfering with the degradation of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine at
neuromuscular junctions in the human body. While other nerve agents affect the
neurotransmitter acetylcholine, Sarin directly affect the nervous system. With increasing fear
of terrorist attacks in all over the world, many countries and their secret agencies have
expressed the concern related to nerve gas attack by the terrorists. In such scenario, it is
crucial for the people to prepare in advance and follow the guidelines of emergence response
system of the country. A well-designed emergency response team can reduce the impact of
any chemical attack and can be capable in responding the attack in effective way that saves
the life of people, and reduce the life causalities at the contaminated area (Chang, Thomas,
Johnson, Gorman, Schier & Yip, 2019).
The role of emergence response team is so crucial in such type of genocide attacks.
The emergence response team must prepare an advance planning for sarin nerve gas attack.
The advanced preparedness for the sarin attack always mitigates the risk of heavy causalities.
The emergence team can also educate the people about the danger of possible chemical attack
and tell them how they can be safe in the situation of possible chemical attack (Briggs, 2016).
The nerve gas immediately affects the life of people and stops the breathing. Thus, the
emergence team should prepare the police, hospitals, and fire departments to response
immediately in case of any type of such attacks. In contrast, the emergence team should keep
the doctors, local practitioners, and nurses in a separated place where impact of nerve gas did
not spread. It will help the doctors and medical team in safe situation so they can treat people
in emergence situation. The major burden of any chemical attack like sarin gas not only
damages the public safety of people or affect the public health infrastructure rather also place
and extraordinary burden on the medical and local health care delivery system (Jama &
Kuisma, 2016).
Because the impact of sarin attack will be immediate on people’s nervous system, the
emergence response team must to take quick decisions and rapid response. The emergence
team should be prepared in advance for evacuation of people from the affected areas,

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contamination control, and providing early medical treatment for people who are affected
from the sarin nerve gas attack. The major challenge for the emergency response team is to
handle the situation and treat the people after the attack of sarin agent gas (Henretig, Kirk, &
McKay Jr, 2019). The emergence response team must be careful about the victim first and
admit them in local hospitals. Mock drill can play an important role to handle such type of
situation because it trains the response team to handle the tough situation in easy way. The
emergence team must be prepared in such a way that they can move one place to another
place in in minutes to save the life of people. The people should be aware immediately about
the contaminated areas and act as quick as possible.
In order to prepare for the sarin gas attack, the emergence response team should focus
on maximum use of emergency-response resources and act on those principles that are
required to follow such type of emergence situation (Ciottone, 2018). The emergence team
should not spread any type of completely new information to people and make them unrest
about the situation. The emergence response team can take the help of technology such as
real-time-surveillance system and healthcare technologies to protect the life of people. The
technical systems of healthcare can help the emergence response team to mitigate the effect
of nerve gas on people by provide them immediate healthcare facilities. With the
technological equipment, the emergence team can be in touch with the local public health
care organisations and veterinary sectors, and take their help to reduce the effect of the gas on
people (Manesh, 2015).
The early diagnosis and quick response is really important for the emergence
response team to save the life of affected people in case of sarin attack. Therefore, the
emergence team must be prepared that how quick they can move to one place to another
place with the affected people. The nerve gas not only required to detect in early stage rather
the response team must care that it transmitted person-to-person contact. The response team
must prepare in advance to face such a terrible situation.

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References
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