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In Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995 at 0902 a.m. a bomb was detonated at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City causing the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in the history of the United States and resulting in the death of 163 people (Anteau & Williams, 1998, p. 52).

The recent bombing in Oklahoma City caused an exacerbation of symptoms in veterans from World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam, ranging from images of combat to memories of being called "baby killer" (Moyer, 1996, cited in Anteau & Williams, 1998, p. 55).

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops following exposure to an extremely traumatic stressor and consists of re-experiencing, avoidance and hyperarousal symptoms (Moyer, 1996, cited in Anteau & Williams, 1998, p. 55).

"Consider the patient care situations that daily confront critical care nurses. Incidents of domestic terrorism result in critical care nurses being just as likely to care for victims of a bombing as to care for perpetrators. In urban settings the victim may be an innocent bystander hit during a gang shoot out or be a gang member. None of these individuals enters the hospital diagnosis as either victim or offender. It is only the legal system after due process, affixes such labels" (Winfrey, 1999, p. 2).

Focus Points Reference

Anteay, C. M. & Williams L. A. (1998). The Oklahoma City Bombing. Nursing98, (March), 52-55.

Winfrey, M. E. & Smith, A. R. (1999). The suspiciousness factor: Critical care nursing and forensics. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 22 (1), 1-7.

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From 'forensic presentations' in the forensic sourcebooks the following presentations have been selected for this unit:

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Israel: Terrorism - Lydia Lanznet, March 28, 2003

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This section will continually be added to with guest presentations from forensic experts locally, nationally and internationally and with student presentations.

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Case Robert Latimer - Mercy Killing

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From 'forensic experts' in the forensic sourcebooks the following panel of experts has been selected for this unit:

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