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Weapons of mass casualties and terrorism response handbook / AAOS and Charles Stewart.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sudbury, Mass. ; London : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2006.Description: xvii, 286 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0763724254
DDC classification:
  • 363.3497 22
LOC classification:
  • RC88.9.T47 .S744 2006
Contents:
Tissue toxins -- Nerve agents -- Pulmonary agents -- Vesicant agents -- Non-lethal agents, tear gas, vomit gas, incapacitating agents, and smokes -- Improvisational chemical warfare agents -- Introduction to biological warfare -- Live bacterial agents -- Viral agents -- Hemorrhagic fever viruses -- Rickettsial agents -- Possible biotoxins -- Radiation emergencies -- Electronic terrorism and directed energy weapons -- Personal protection and decontamination -- Summary and conclusions.
Review: This handbook provides the most up-to-date, comprehensive medical information available for both prehospital and in-hospital providers on the emergency care of injuries and illnesses resulting from biologic or chemical weapons. Covering all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) threats and more, this handbook provides the following information for each agent presented: History; Physical Characteristics; Dissemination; Mechanism of Action; Effects; Lethality and Toxicity; Treatment; Decontamination and Personal Protection.
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Books Books Australian Emergency Management Library BOOK 363.3497 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 900182263

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tissue toxins -- Nerve agents -- Pulmonary agents -- Vesicant agents -- Non-lethal agents, tear gas, vomit gas, incapacitating agents, and smokes -- Improvisational chemical warfare agents -- Introduction to biological warfare -- Live bacterial agents -- Viral agents -- Hemorrhagic fever viruses -- Rickettsial agents -- Possible biotoxins -- Radiation emergencies -- Electronic terrorism and directed energy weapons -- Personal protection and decontamination -- Summary and conclusions.

This handbook provides the most up-to-date, comprehensive medical information available for both prehospital and in-hospital providers on the emergency care of injuries and illnesses resulting from biologic or chemical weapons. Covering all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) threats and more, this handbook provides the following information for each agent presented: History; Physical Characteristics; Dissemination; Mechanism of Action; Effects; Lethality and Toxicity; Treatment; Decontamination and Personal Protection.

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