OP or not OP: The medical challenge at the chemical terrorism scene

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 155-158

  Krivoy, Amir ^a   Layish, Ido ^a   Rotman, Eran ^a   Goldberg, Avi ^b   Yehezkelli, Yoav ^a  

^a CBRN Medical Branch   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

algorithm; chemical terrorism; emergency responders; nerve agents; organophosphates (OPs); prehospital medicine; terror scene

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

CHEMICAL WARFARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; POISONING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

EID: 26044472194     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00002375     Document Type: Review

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