This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Drs. Stephen Borron and Ziad Kazzi focuses on emergencies arising from contact with Hazardous Materials. Article topics include: Selected classes and examples of dangerous industrial chemicals, weapons of mass destruction, and their syndromic identification; Hospital preparedness for chemical and radiological disasters; Personnel protection and decontamination of adults and children; Resources for toxicological information and assistance; Asphyxiants; Corrosives and irritants; Organophosphates and carbamates; Intentional and unintentional food, drug, and water contamination, and more!
1. Introduction: Hazardous Materials and Radiologic/Nuclear Incidents - p. 11 2. Toxic Industrial Chemicals and Chemical Weapons - p. 18 3. Hospital Preparedness for Chemical and Radiological Disasters - p. 28 4. Personal Protective Equipment and Decontamination of Adults and Children - p. 35 5. Resources for Toxicologic and Radiologic Information and Assistance - p. 44 6. Asphyxiants - p. 56 7. Irritants and Corrosives - p. 66 8. Organophosphate and Carbamate Poisoning - p. 72 9. Intentional and Inadvertent Chemical Contamination of Food, Water, and Medication - p. 83 10. Emergency Department Management of Patients Internally Contaminated with Radioactive Material - p. 95 11. Mental Health Consequences of Chemical and Radiologic Emergencies - p. 105 12. Checklists for Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness - p. 114 13. Index - p. 121
This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Drs. Stephen Borron and Ziad Kazzi focuses on emergencies arising from contact with Hazardous Materials. Article topics include: Selected classes and examples of dangerous industrial chemicals, weapons of mass destruction, and their syndromic identification; Hospital preparedness for chemical and radiological disasters; Personnel protection and decontamination of adults and children; Resources for toxicological information and assistance; Asphyxiants; Corrosives and irritants; Organophosphates and carbamates; Intentional and unintentional food, drug, and water contamination, and more!
1. Introduction: Hazardous Materials and Radiologic/Nuclear Incidents - p. 11 2. Toxic Industrial Chemicals and Chemical Weapons - p. 18 3. Hospital Preparedness for Chemical and Radiological Disasters - p. 28 4. Personal Protective Equipment and Decontamination of Adults and Children - p. 35 5. Resources for Toxicologic and Radiologic Information and Assistance - p. 44 6. Asphyxiants - p. 56 7. Irritants and Corrosives - p. 66 8. Organophosphate and Carbamate Poisoning - p. 72 9. Intentional and Inadvertent Chemical Contamination of Food, Water, and Medication - p. 83 10. Emergency Department Management of Patients Internally Contaminated with Radioactive Material - p. 95 11. Mental Health Consequences of Chemical and Radiologic Emergencies - p. 105 12. Checklists for Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness - p. 114 13. Index - p. 121
