Clinical care in the "Hot Zone"

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 108-112

  Byers, M ^a   Russell, M ^a   Lockey, David J ^b,c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYL NITRITE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CESIUM; CHLORINE; DIAZEPAM; METHYL ISOCYANATE; MUSTARD GAS; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXIME; OXYGEN; RICIN;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; ATOMIC WARFARE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYANIDE POISONING; DANGEROUS GOODS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ANTIDOTES; BIOTERRORISM; CHEMICAL TERRORISM; DECONTAMINATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TERRORISM; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38849148283     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.037689     Document Type: Article

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