Medical Management of Chemical Casualties (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781502930668)

Exposure to toxic chemicals has been an important medical issue for centuries. A particularly frightening type of exposure is the generation of mass casualties on the battlefield by the use of either chemicals developed specifically for that purpose or chemicals produced for industry and coopted for battlefield use. These agents can also produce civilian casualties during warfare and, when used by terrorists, cause both military and civilian casualties.

This handbook has been produced to help address the need for first responder training.

Signs and symptoms, field detection procedures, decontamination protocols, and medical management recommendations are included for:

• Lung-Damaging Agents: Toxic Industrial Chemicals
• Cyanide
• Vesicants (mustard gas, Lewisite, phosgene oxime)
• Nerve Agents (tabun, sarin, soman, GF, VX)
• Incapacitating Agents (BZ)
• Riot-Control Agents (CS, CN, CR, DM, and OC)

Author: Us Army Medical Research Institute of Ch, Office of the Surgeon General United Sta, Us Army Medical D.
ISBN-10: 1502930668
ISBN-13: 9781502930668
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/21/2014
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.41d