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The emergency medicine expertise you need to prepare for--and manage--any type of bioterrorist attack!

Written by emergency room physicians for emergency room physicians, Toxico-terrorism covers every essential aspect of the emergency medical response to microbial, radiological, and chemical agents of terrorism. Turn to any page, and you'll find lifesaving clinical strategies for the management of patients who have been exposed to a biologic, chemical, or nuclear agent.

Features

A logical, building-block organization filled with key tables and synoptic boxes
Important coverage of pre-hospital and EMS issues
Insights into the means of transmission, the modes of dispersal, and how secondary infection and/or contamination can occur
Overview of bioterror-specific signs and symptoms
A section on emergency department preparedness that reviews critical topics such as nursing triage, hospital/facility security, pharmacy preparedness, and hospital staff issues
Up-to-date information on labs, microscopy, and radiology
Key diagnostic criteria for all agents
Thorough coverage of treatment strategies for all agents discussed in the book
Infection control modalities
Survey of prophylaxis strategies
Valuable section on public health considerations

Toxico-terrorism: Emergency Response and Clinical Approach to Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Agents - heftet, Engelsk, 2007