Search -
Emergency Medical Response to Hazardous Materials
Emergency Medical Response to Hazardous Materials Author:Armando Bevelacqua, Richard Stilp This text explores the medical aspects of hazardous material response including the initial response, chemical and toxicological information, effects on body systems -- injury and treatment, physiology and treatments of common poisonings. The student learns how to make decisions based on a scale of risk versus gain. Decontamination techniques, s... more »pecialized equipment, simple antidotal treatments and more are discussed as they relate to the hazardous materials incident.« less