Responding to terrorism

Responding to terrorism: a medical handbook

by Greaves, Ian Hunt, Paul,, MD

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Mounting an effective response to a terrorist attack or, just as importantly, managing a possible terrorist incident, is the direct professional responsibility of community physicians, occupational health physicians, accident and emergency staff, general practitioners and doctors in the Armed Forces. This handbook offers such professionals a broad range of clinically relevant information in an immediately accessible format. It collects together data, which is not available in any one other volu…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Responding to terrorism : a medical handbook / Ian Greaves, Paul Hunt.

Summary

Mounting an effective response to a terrorist attack or, just as importantly, managing a possible terrorist incident, is the direct professional responsibility of community physicians, occupational health physicians, accident and emergency staff, general practitioners and doctors in the Armed Forces. This handbook offers such professionals a broad range of clinically relevant information in an immediately accessible format. It collects together data, which is not available in any one other volume, and presents it in a responsible way, which puts potential risks into perspective. The content is also relevant to paramedics and nurses in a wide range of disciplines as well as to members of the emergency services.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Elsevier
  • Place of Publication:Edinburgh
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780080450438, 0080450431
  • oclc:ocn664111281
  • LC Classification:RC88.9.T47
  • Dewey Decimal:363.325

Table of Contents

Terrorism in perspective -- Responding to a terrorist incident -- Conventional terrorism -- Biological agents -- Chemical agents -- Nuclear and radiation hazards -- Psychological effects of terrorism -- Less lethal weapons.

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