Dr Laurence Buckman said doctors already received this type of training as part of their medical training.
British Medical Association GP leader Dr Laurence Buckman said people were "scared stiff" when they did not need to be.
Dr Buckman said swine flu for most was a nasty but relatively mild illness, however he said people were panicking and swamping doctors with calls.
"The primary objective of adding 75, 000 firefighters is raising the staffing level of fire departments throughout the country to four firefighters per unit, " Buckman testified before the committee.
But Laurence Buckman, chairman of the BMA's GPs committee, said any phasing out of the lump sum was dependent on millions of pounds of more money being invested.
Dr Lawrence Buckman, a member of the British Medical Association (BMA) GPs' committee, said he could understand why any patient facing a long wait might want to go abroad.
The chairman of the BMA's general practitioner's committee, Dr Laurence Buckman, said doctors always have to balance the risk of major complications from swine flu with the potential side-effects of anti-virals.
John Buckman III, president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, told the committee nearly 75, 000 additional firefighters are needed nationwide to better deal with any emergency such as the terrorist attacks a month ago.
On the East Side (that includes Northeast and Southeast), the areas of Buckman, Lloyd Center, Alameda, Irvington, Hawthorne, Sunnyside and Brooklyn have a neighbourhood feel that appeals to Portlanders, and properties here have held their value.
"In major incidents where the responding emergency personnel involved come from different jurisdictions or agencies, each using its own radio frequencies, the issue of radio communications among and between responding agencies remains a challenge, " Buckman told the senators.
Citing the serious need for effective communication among first responders in case of a terrorist attack, Buckman also urged the committee to direct the Federal Communications Commission, as well as the Pentagon, to free up radio frequencies in order for all the agencies to better communicate.
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