Hazmat medical life support a basic provider manual
The Hazmat medical life support basic provider course book aims to equip medical responders to a hazmat incident - chemical, radiological or biological - with essential skills and knowledge to safely manage casualties. It includes basic information about hazmat agents and provides easy to remember a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
World Scientific
2014
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| Summary: | The Hazmat medical life support basic provider course book aims to equip medical responders to a hazmat incident - chemical, radiological or biological - with essential skills and knowledge to safely manage casualties. It includes basic information about hazmat agents and provides easy to remember algorithmic approaches for the on-scene management of a hazmat event. Essential information on setting up medical operations, triaging and approach to hazmat event, personal protective equipment, decontamination, wound management, life support as well as paediatric-specific issues are discussed in this book. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 201 pages illustrations 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9789814583152 (pbk) |