Toxic Trauma A Basic Clinical Guide /

• Main Author: Baker, David J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Emergency Medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Winner of BMA Medical Book Award, Highly Commended in Public Health Written for medical professionals, this book provides a concise reference with clear guidelines on how to manage both the victims of chemical agent exposure and the site of the incident. David Baker considers the nature and basic sc...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Toxic trauma:  an historical perspective
• The classification and properties of toxic hazards.- 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
• Toxins.- Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards: an overview and comparison
• Appendices.