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Hazardous materials triage

DISASTER TRIAGE FOR CHEMICAL AND HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DISASTERS... [Pg.172]

Emergency response systems and health care facilities will need to respond to terrorist chemical attacks in a similar manner as an incident involving hazardous materials. The same principles regarding triage, decontamination, and the allocation of resources in... [Pg.484]

While the exact number of hazardous material accidents occurring each year may not be known, available data does suggest that for most incidents there are few, if any, injuries (Sullivan and Kiieger, 1992). However, terrorists use of a chemical or biological weapon is likely to lead to scores of injuries and fatalities. The rapid implementation of effective triage and initiation of decon will be vital to optimizing victim survivability and responder safety. But how these two processes should be conducted is neither well known nor extensively studied in the civilian setting. Most hazardous material teams and hospitals have limited... [Pg.104]

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