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66,19 €Winner of BMA Medical Book Award, Highly Commended in Public Health
Written for medical professionals, this book provides a concise reference with clear guidelines on how to manage both the victims of chemical agent exposure and the site of the incident. David Baker considers the nature and basic science of the hazards faced as well as the practical management of persons exposed to chemicals and toxins.
Features
• First edition, Winner of BMA Medical Book Award, Highly Commended in Public Health
• Includes an updated historical timeline of systematic trauma management and expanded coverage of international resuscitation guidelines of 2015
• Addresses the differences between chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents
• Provides a practical reference guide to the management of casualties following exposure to toxic chemical agents
• Features a discussion of the effects of chemical agent exposure that parallels conventional trauma management teaching systems
• Takes a holistic approach to the management of exposure to industrial and chemical warfare agents
Author
David Baker is a visiting professor at Harvard Medical School and a visiting senior lecturer of medical toxicology at King’s College London. Dr. Baker studied medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and has worked as a consultant in anaesthesia for SAMU, the Paris emergency medical service at the Necker University Hospital, specializing in the management of mass toxic incidents. He has been a board member of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine and has consulted for the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The author of numerous scientific publications, Dr. Baker is currently researching the management of pulmonary injury following toxic agent inhalation as well as the provision of early ventilatory support following toxic respiratory failure.
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