Medical response to terrorism : : preparedness and clinical practice / / editor-in-chief, Daniel C. Keyes ; editors, Jonathan L. Burstein, Richard B. Schwartz, Raymond E. Swienton.

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,, [2005]
2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (463 pages) :; illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Chemical nerve agents / Daniel C. Keyes
  • Vesicating agents including mustard and Lewisite / Stacey L. Hail and Daniel C. Keyes
  • Cyanide / Rebeca Gracia
  • Phosgene and toxic gases / Melissa L. Givens
  • Incapacitating agents: BZ, calmative agents, and riot control agents / John Gomez and Yedidia Bentur
  • Anthrax / Anthony J. Carbone
  • Plague / Anthony J. Carbone
  • Smallpox / Lisa Rotz, Inger Damon, and Joanne Cono
  • Viral hemorrhagic fevers / Erik J. Won and Anthony J. Carbone
  • Lesser known biological agents and potential threats / Teriggi J. Ciccone and Seric S. Cusick
  • Botulinum: the most toxic substance known / Robert Abar Timmons and Anthony J. Carbone
  • Toxins / Sophia Dyer and Stephen Traub
  • Types of radiation: basic theory explained for the nonphysicist / Greene Shepherd
  • Detection of nuclear radiation / Keith Edsall and Daniel C. Keyes
  • Personal protection and decontamination for radiation emergencies / Keith Edsall and Daniel C. Keyes
  • Treatment of radiation exposure and contamination / Keith Edsall and Daniel C. Keyes
  • Radiation dispersal devices, dirty bombs, and nonconventional radiation exposure / Madison Patrick, Keith Edsall, and Daniel C. Keyes
  • Detonation of a nuclear device / Cham E. Dallas
  • Nuclear power plant disasters / Wilfredo Rivera
  • Types of explosions and explosive injuries defined / Adam Miller and Richard Linsky
  • Structure collapse, extrication, crush syndrome, and rhabdomyolysis / Adam H. Miller
  • Introduction to all-hazards preparedness and planning for terrorism / Adam H. Miller ... [et al.]
  • Scene preparedness / Marc Eckstein and Ray Fowler
  • Hospital preparedness / Kathy J. Rinnert and Daniel C. Keyes
  • Community public health preparedness / Scott F. Wetterhall, and Darren F. Collins
  • Mass gathering preparedness / Carl Menckhoff, and Michael Shaw
  • Federal, state, regional, and local resource access and utilization / David W. Gruber
  • Personal protective equipment / Joshua G. Schier and Robert S. Hoffman
  • All-hazards approach to decontamination / Richard N. Bradley
  • Detection, prediction, and surveillance / Warren L. Whitlock and Gay Dews Thompson
  • Health care facilities and interagency communication during terrorism / Raymond L. Fowler ... [et al.]
  • Media and communications preparedness for terrorist events / Raymond L. Fowler, Paul E. Pepe, Paul E. Moore
  • Exercises and educational courses in terrorism preparedness / Myra M. Socher and Edwin K. Leap
  • Technology applications in preparedness training / Timothy D. Peterson
  • Strategic response to explosive and traumatic terrorism / Brian A. Krakover
  • The forensic evaluation of gunshot wounds associated with a terrorist event / William S. Smock
  • Homeland security / F. Marion Cain III and Gary L. Holt
  • The role of military medicine in civilian disaster response / Brian A. Krakover
  • Law enforcement related agencies / William Fabbri and Nelson Tang
  • Psychological impact of terrorism / Gregory Luke Larkin, Jay Woody, and Cynthia Claassen
  • Being a child in the midst of terrorism / Richard Aghababian ... [et al.]
  • Agricultural terrorism and its implication on the health care system / Timothy Rupp and Shane Zatkalik
  • Mass fatality incidents / Lynn Roppolo and Kathy Rinnert
  • Cyberterrorism / Brian Krakover.