Emergency Medical Response to Hazardous Materials Incidents, Richard Stilp and Armando Bevelacqua, 1997.

This text explores the medical aspects of hazardous material response including the initial response, chemical and toxicological information, effects on body systems -- injury and treatment, physiology and treatments of common poisonings.

The student learns how to make decisions based on a scale of risk versus gain. Decontamination techniques, specialized equipment, simple antidotal treatments and more are discussed as they relate to the hazardous materials incident.

FEATURES:

  • an overview of hazardous materials incidents familiarize the reader with what to expect
  • objectives, sample scenarios, and questions offer review and application of procedures
  • numerous exposures are reviewed and discussed, including specific chemical injury and appropriate treatment
  • the only book of its kind covering biohazard, clandestine labs, air monitoring, and confined operations

    8" x 9", 522 pages, softbound, ISBN: 0-8273-7829-7, BE2637 / $63.95

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