Beschreibung
First edition, Winner of BMA Medical Book Award, Highly Commended in Public HealthIncludes an updated historical timeline of systematic trauma management and expanded coverage of international resuscitation guidelines of 2015Addresses the differences between chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agentsProvides a practical reference guide to the management of casualties following exposure to toxic chemical agentsFeatures a discussion of the effects of chemical agent exposure that parallels conventional trauma management teaching systemsTakes a holistic approach to the management of exposure to industrial and chemical warfare agents
Autorenporträt
David Baker is a visiting professor at Harvard Medical School and a visiting senior lecturer of medical toxicology at Kings College London. Dr. Baker studied medicine at St Bartholomews 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.
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Springer Verlag GmbH
Tiergartenstr. 17
69121 Heidelberg
DE
E-Mail: juergen.hartmann@springer.com
