Waxing CBRNE, Waning humanity

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31646/gbio.19

Keywords:

CBRNE, risk, chemical weapon, biological weapon, radiological weapon, nuclear weapon

Author Biography

David James Heslop, University of New South Wales

FRACGP MBBS PhD MPH BSc (Adv) Hons 1

Associate Professor David Heslop is the Director of Health Management at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, at UNSW Sydney. He retains significant military responsibilities as Senior Medical Adviser for CBRNE to Special Operations Headquarters Australia and to Australian Defence Force (ADF) joint senior leadership. He is also a clinically active vocationally registered General Practitioner, a senior trainee in Occupational and Environmental Medicine with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, and a fellowship candidate for the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. During a military career of over 12 years he has deployed into a variety of complex combat environments, and has advanced international training in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Medicine. In 2014, he was appointed as Senior Medical Officer for Special Operations Command, and was the Officer Commanding and Senior Medical Officer to the ADF CBRNE medical incident response element at Special Operations Engineer Regiment from 2012–2015. He has direct experience in planning for and management of major disasters, mass casualty and multiple casualty situations. He participates in the development and review of national and international clinical and operational general military and CBRNE policy and doctrine and in complex systems modelling.

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Published

2019-02-14

How to Cite

Heslop, D. J. (2019). Waxing CBRNE, Waning humanity. Global Biosecurity, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.31646/gbio.19

Issue

Vol. 1 (2019)

Section

Editorials and Commentaries

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Received 2018-12-18
Accepted 2018-12-19
Published 2019-02-14