Toxic Trauma A Basic Clinical Guide /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Baker, David J. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Emergency medicine.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Emergency Medicine.

This book provides practical guidance for health professionals in the event of having to manage individual or mass chemical casualties as part of their work in a hospital or pre-hospital emergency service. The text considers the nature and basic science of the hazards faced as well as the practical...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Toxic trauma:  an historical perspective
• The classification and properties of toxic hazards
• Properties of toxic chemical agents
• Exposure to toxic hazards
• Responding to chemical releases: essentials of organization and incident management
• The pathophysiology of toxic trauma
• The clinical presentation of toxic trauma:  assessment and diagnosis
• The treatment of toxic trauma
• The longer term consequences of toxic trauma
• Preparing for toxic trauma.-Appendices .