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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robin B McFee; Jerrold B Leikin |
| ISBN: | 9780071471862 0071471863 |
| OCLC Number: | 82473069 |
| Description: | xxiii, 597 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | General patient principles -- Toxidrome recognition -- Biodromes: bioweapon recognition -- Countermeasures and facility preparedness: an overview -- Supportive care -- Dermal issues -- Neurologic issues in emergency bioterrorism -- Cardiac issues -- Musculoskeletal manifestations of bioterrorism -- Ophthalmological issues -- Respiratory and critical care unit issues -- Gastrointestinal and hepatic issues -- Acute psychiatric issues -- Palliative and expectant (black tag) care -- Special populations: pediatrics -- Geriatrics: bioterrorism, emerging threats, and emergency preparedness: special considerations for geriatric patients -- Special populations: women who are pregnant -- Women's reproductive issues -- Hospital laboratory issues -- EMS issues -- Chempack -- Approach to disaster and mass casualty incidents -- Hazardous materials (HAZMAT) emergencies -- Enhancing hospital emergency preparedness -- EMS-ED considerations -- Field identification and decontamination of toxins -- Emergency department preparedness -- Triage in the emergency department -- Pharmacy preparedness for incidents involving nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons -- Hospital staff issues -- Specific chemical agent: toxins/toxicants -- Nerve agents -- Blister agents -- Chemical asphyxiants -- Flammable industrial liquids and gases -- Corrosive industrial agents -- Arsenic, lead, and mercury -- Pulmonary agents -- Pesticides -- Nonletheal weapons or incapacitating agents -- Other chemical agents -- Biologicals -- CDC category explanation (A, B, C) overview -- Anthrax -- Yersinia pestis: plague -- Botulism -- Smallpox (variola) and poxviruses -- Tularemia -- Hemorrhagic fever -- CDC category B agents -- CDC category C agents -- Emerging pathogens -- Avian influenza -- SARS: severe acute respiratory syndrome -- Agroterrorism -- Ionizing radiation -- Practical basis for early management of radiologically injured or ill patients: ionizing radiation physics and instrumentation, radiation protection, contamination control, dosimetry, and radiological/nuclear (R/N) terrorism -- Diagnosis and medical management of radiation injuries and illnesses -- Explosives/incendiaries -- Medical management of explosives -- Public health considerations -- Poison information centers -- Biosurveillance -- Vaccines -- CDC chemical emergencies: overview -- CDC laboratory preparedness for emergencies: response to suspicious substances -- CDC laboratory preparedness for emergencies: laboratory network for biological terrorism -- CDC specimen-collection protocol for a chemical-exposure event -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shipping instructions for specimens collected from people who may have been exposed to chemical-terrorism agents: collecting specimens -- Continuation guidance-budget year four, focus area D: laboratory capacity-chemical agents -- Instructions for shipping blood samples to CDC after a chemical-exposure event -- Instructions for shipping urine samples to CDC after a chemical-exposure event -- Sentinel laboratory guidelines for suspected agents of bioterrorism: clinical laboratory bioterrorism readiness plan -- Riot control agents -- Chlorine use as a weapon -- Intentional use of radiation as a poison. |
| Responsibility: | [edited by] Robin B. McFee, Jerrold B. Leikin. |
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