First edition, Winner of BMA Medical Book Award, Highly Commended in Public Health
Includes an updated historical timeline of systematic trauma management and expanded coverage of international resuscitation guidelines of 2015
Addresses the differences between chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents
Provides a practical reference guide to the management of casualties following exposure to toxic chemical agents
Features a discussion of the effects of chemical agent exposure that parallels conventional trauma management teaching systems
Takes a holistic approach to the management of exposure to industrial and chemical warfare agents
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"The purpose is to provide a concise clinical guide to the nature and management of toxin injury. ... Emergency medicine providers, anesthesiologists, emergency surgeons, toxicologists, and intensivists from all disciplines are an appropriate audience for this work from an international authority in hazardous materials exposure. ... This brief book effectively provides clinicians with the basic tools to support a practice encountering patients exposed to hazardous materials." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2017)
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Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Springer International Publishing
Zielgruppe
Illustrationen
27
15 s/w Abbildungen, 27 farbige Abbildungen
XXIII, 238 p. 42 illus., 27 illus. in color.
Maße
Höhe: 241 mm
Breite: 160 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-3-319-40915-3 (9783319409153)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-40916-0
Schweitzer Klassifikation
David Baker is a visiting professor at Harvard Medical School and a visiting senior lecturer of medical toxicology at King's College London. Dr. Baker studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital and has worked as a consultant in anaesthesia for SAMU, the Paris emergency medical service at the Necker University Hospital, specializing in the management of mass toxic incidents. He has been a board member of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine and has consulted for the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The author of numerous scientific publications, Dr. Baker is currently researching the management of pulmonary injury following toxic agent inhalation as well as the provision of early ventilatory support following toxic respiratory failure.
