Medical Response to Terrorism

Author: Daniel C. Keyes
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0781749867

Medical Response to Terrorism: Preparedness and Clinical Practice

This comprehensive reference provides all the information emergency departments and personnel need to prepare for and respond to terrorist events.
Categories: Communicable diseases->Prevention and control, Terrorism, Disaster Planning. Contributors: Jonathan L. Burstein - Editor. Format: Hardcover
The first section covers all agents potentially used in terrorist attacks-chemical, biologic, toxicologic, nuclear, and explosive-in a systematic format that includes background, triage, decontamination, signs and symptoms, medical management, personnel protection, and guidelines for notifying public health networks. Algorithms show when to suspect and how to recognize exposure and detail signs and symptoms and management protocols. The second section focuses on all-hazards preparedness for hospitals, communities, emergency medical services, and the media, and includes an important chapter on simu

Medical Response to Terrorism: Preparedness and Clinical Practice

Medical Response to Terrorism: Preparedness and Clinical Practice - Daniel C. Keyes, Jonathan L. Burstein, Raymond E. Swienton, Richard B. Schwartz

Categories: Communicable diseases->Prevention and control, Terrorism, Disaster Planning. Contributors: Jonathan L. Burstein - Editor. Format: Hardcover

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The first section covers all agents potentially used in terrorist attacks-chemical, biologic, toxicologic, nuclear, and explosive-in a systematic format that includes background, triage, decontamination, signs and symptoms, medical management, personnel protection, and guidelines for notifying public health networks
The second section focuses on all-hazards preparedness for hospitals, communities, emergency medical services, and the media, and includes an important chapter on simu