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Medical Response to Terrorism: Preparedness and Clinical Practice

Publication Year:
2004
Edition:
1st
Author:
Keyes, Daniel C.; Burstein, Jonathan L.; Schwartz, Richard B.; Swienton, Raymond E.
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
ISBN:
978-0-78-174986-2
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
92
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Comprehensive guide for emergency departments and personnel.

A practical, no-nonsense guide on preparing for and responding to terrorist events. Response tactics are broken down 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.
  • Get a breakdown of all agents - chemical, biological, toxicological, nuclear, and explosive - potentially used in a terrorist attack
  • Find a detailed overview on simulation of disasters
  • Learn what hospitals, communitiies, emergency medical services, and the media should do to prepare for a crisis
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Platform:
OvidSP
Publisher:
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW)
Product Type:
Book
Author:
Keyes, Daniel C.; Burstein, Jonathan L.; Schwartz, Richard B.; Swienton, Raymond E.
ISBN:
978-0-78-174986-2
Specialty:
  • Emergency Medical Technology
  • Emergency Medicine & Trauma
  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Internal Medicine
  • Toxicology
Language:
English
Edition:
1st
Pages:
581
Publication Year:
2004
Doody's Star Rating®:
Score:
92

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