Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook

United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense. Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook. 3rd Edn. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, July 2000. 

USAMRICD (2007). Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook. USAMRICD, Aberdeen Proving Ground. 

The Army s center for chemical defense, USAMRICD Web page has several sections of interest. The first in an extensive bibliography by year of all the book chapters and published scientific papers produced by the USAMRICD staff. The next section of importance is a downloadable version of the Institute s 1995 edition of the Medical Management of Chemical Casualties handbook. The links section may not be functioning, but could be a good gateway to other sites. 

Until definitive medical therapeutics for sulfur mustard are fielded, the medical caregivers will have to rely on symptomatic treatments and sound medical judgments. Historically derived treatments, as presented in the Textbook of Military Medicine (Sidell et al., 1997) and the Medical Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook (1999) prepared by the Chemical Casualty Care Division of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense, can also be of assistance. 

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