3rd ed., by Phil Currance, Bruce Clements, & Alvin C. Bronstein. Updated for 2005 ECC Guidelines. Designed to serve as both a field guide and an educational training reference, this important resource provides field recognition and management guidelines for hazardous materials exposures and associated medical emergencies, including emergency care of exposed and contaminated patients.
Features
- Descriptions of procedures, scene operations and support, medical surveillance, and suggested emergency equipment that provide an overview of the big picture
- Extensive indexes that supply multiple ways to access important information, saving critical time in the field
- 140 total guidelines, cross-referenced with indexes, that provide essential information on hazard classes and specific chemicals with initial hospital considerations
- How to identify the scene of a terrorist act involving the use of hazardous materials
- Information on mass casualty decontamination and crime scene identification that helps the reader to form a plan before he or she begins working
- Over 30 new WMD agent guideliens provide concise and consistent information on managing exposure to high-risk substances
896 pp
