Clinical Services for World Trade Center Responders

为世贸中心急救人员提供的临床服务

• 批准号: 7923577
• 负责人: BENJAMIN J LUFT
• 金额: $ 674.48万
• 依托单位: STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-15 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7923577
• 关键词: Clinical; Services; World; Trade; Center

DESCRIPTION: This application is being submitted by Stony Brook University's Long Island Occupational and Environmental Health Center (LIOEHC) in partnership with the Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) to request designation as a Clinical Center to provide health services to the estimated 3,600 Long Island residents who responded to the World Trade Center (WTC) collapse. Since 2002, the LIOEHC and NUMC have been primary clinical sites in the ongoing NIOSH sponsored program aimed at providing baseline assessments and medical/psychological referrals for responders. Initial baseline findings reveal persistently elevated rates of respiratory disease and disturbances in mental health resulting from exposures to toxic substances and emotional trauma. This proposal builds upon our established clinical services for this heroic group, seeking to create a long-term program for patient assessment, tracking, data collection and referral to further elucidate, describe and treat the medical and psychological sequelae of this disaster. We seek also to improve access to care for Long Island-based responders by offering comprehensive services at local locations, thereby eliminating the need for responders to travel many hours into New York City for needed services. While directly promoting the health of responders, this project is also relevant to the development of a nationally applicable model for surveillance, screening and treatment following multiple exposures in large, diverse, geographically dispersed populations. Specific aims are to: 1. Identify all illness and/or injury sustained by Long Island-based responders as a result of exposures at the WTC disaster site; 2. Promote prompt treatment and preventive care for responders by providing referrals for medical, psychological and/or social services; 3. Promote access to care and patient advocacy through outreach, education and community involvement.

描述：该申请由Stony Brook大学的长岛职业和环境健康中心（LIOEHC）与拿骚大学医学中心（NUMC）合作提交，要求指定为临床中心，向估计3,600个长岛居民提供卫生服务，他们响应世界贸易中心（WTC）崩溃。自2002年以来，LIOEHC和NUMC一直是正在进行的NIOSH赞助计划的主要临床部位，旨在为响应者提供基线评估和医学/心理转诊。最初的基线发现表明，呼吸道疾病的率持续升高，以及因对有毒物质和情绪创伤的暴露而导致的心理健康障碍。该建议建立在我们为这个英勇群体的既定临床服务上，试图为患者评估，跟踪，数据收集和推荐创建一个长期计划，以进一步阐明，描述和治疗这场灾难的医学和心理后遗症。我们还寻求通过在当地地点提供全面的服务来提高基于长岛的响应者的护理机会，从而消除了响应者需要前往纽约市提供需要服务的许多小时的需求。在直接促进响应者的健康状况的同时，该项目也与开发全国适用的模型，用于监视，筛查和治疗，在大型，多样化的地理位置分散的人群中进行多次暴露。具体目的是： 1。确定由于WTC灾难现场的暴露而导致长岛响应者遭受的所有疾病和/或伤害； 2。通过为医学，心理和/或社会服务提供推荐来促进响应者迅速治疗和预防性护理； 3。通过外展，教育和社区参与促进获得护理和患者倡导的机会。