Personal protection during resuscitation of casualties contaminated with chemical or biological warfare agents-A survey of medical first receivers

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 525-528

  Brinker, Andrea ^a   Prior, Kate ^b   Schumacher, Jan ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biological; chemical; chemical biological; first receiver; personal protective equipment; radiological,or nuclear; resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GAS MASK; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 77951628914     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00007457     Document Type: Review

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