Biological and Chemical Terrorism : A Guide for Healthcare Providers and First Responders / by: Weinstein, Raymond S., Alibek, Ken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinstein, Raymond S., Editor.

Contributor:

Alibek, Ken, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioterrorism--Health aspects.

Bioterrorism.

Terrorism--Health aspects.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thieme, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first book specifically designed to lead you through identification of the most likely biological or chemical weapons used in a bioterrorist attack._x000D_Through an ...

Contents:

BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL TERRORISM: A Guide for Healthcare Providers and First Responders; Copyright; A QUICK REFERENCE FOR POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (TEAR SHEET); A QUICK REFERENCE FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS (TEAR SHEET); INTERNET RESOURCE; A QUICK REFERENCE TELEPHONE NUMBERS (TEAR SHEET); DEDICATION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; SECTION 1: BASIC BIOTERRORISM; What Is Bioterrorism?; Categorizing Biological Weapons; Flulike Illness; What Makes an Effective Weapon?

Table 1: Comparison of Initial Symptoms of Potential Biological Weapons to Influenza (Flulike llness)Table 2: Common Biological Weapons and Their Survival Time in the Environment after Release; Early Identification of a Bioterrorist Attack; Personal Precautions; Table 3: Signs That Suggest an Attack with a Biological Weapon; SECTION 2: BIOLOGICAL WEAPON SYNDROMIC CROSS-REFERENCES; Fever with Prominent Arthralgias; Acute Hepatic Syndrome; Hemorrhagic Diathesis; Hilar Adenopathy or Widened Mediastinum; Fever with Petechiae; Cutaneous Lesions or Ulcerations; Acute Respiratory Syndrome with Fever

Acute Respiratory Syndrome without FeverFlulike Illness with Rash; Fever with Lymphadenopathy; Acute Neurologic Syndrome with Fever; Acute Neurologic Syndrome without Fever; Acute GI Syndrome with Fever; Acute GI Syndrome without Fever; SECTION 3: INDIVIDUAL BIOLOGICAL WEAPON DETAILED QUICK REFERENCES; Aflatoxins; Anthrax (Inhalational and Gastrointestinal); Anthrax (Cutaneous); Blastomycosis; Botulism (Botulinum Toxins); Brucellosis; Chikungunya; Cholera; Coccidioidomycosis; Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever; Dengue Fever (Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever); Domoic Acid (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)

Ebola and Marburg VirusesEncephalitis, Viral (Venezuelan, Eastern, Western, St. Louis, Japanese, and West Nile Virus); Glanders; Hantavirus; Influenza; Kyasanur Forest Disease; Lassa Virus and the South American Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers; Legionellosis; Leptospirosis; Melioidosis; Nipah Virus; Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever; Plague; Psittacosis; Q Fever; Ricin and Abrin; Rift Valley Fever; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; Salmonellosis (Typhoid); Saxitoxin (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning); Shigellosis; Smallpox (information sheet); Smallpox (color atlas and visual guide); Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B

TetrodotoxinTrichothecene (T-2) Mycotoxins; Tularemia; Typhus (Epidemic, Murine, and Scrub); Yellow Fever; SECTION 4: BASIC CHEMICAL TERRORISM; What Is Chemical Terrorism?; Physical Properties of Chemical Weapons; Protecting Yourself; SECTION 5: CHEMICAL WEAPON SYNDROMIC CROSS-REFERENCES; Prominent Skin Rash, Blistering, and/or Burns; Prominent Pulmonary Symptoms; Seizures and/or Sudden Coma; Acute Hemolytic Anemia; SECTION 6: INDIVIDUAL CHEMICAL WEAPON DETAILED QUICK REFERENCES; Nerve Agents; Cyanides (Blood Agents); Hydrogen Sulfide; Pulmonary Agents; Mustard; Lewisite; Phosgene Oxime (CX)

Anhydrous Ammonia, Sulfur Dioxide, and Hydrogen Chloride

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-150) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786612978173

9781638532231

1638532230

9781282978171

1282978179

9781604064599

1604064595

OCLC:

852758420