Medical aspects of chemical and biological warfare / specialty editors, Frederick R. Sidell, Ernest T. Takafuji, David R. Franz.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Sidell, Frederick R., editor.

Takafuji, Ernest T., editor.

Franz, David R., D.V.M., editor.

Series:

Textbook of military medicine. Warfare, weaponry, and the casualty ; Part I, v. 3.

Textbooks of military medicine

Textbook of military medicine. Part I, Warfare, weaponry, and the casualty ; [v. 3]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Military.

Chemical warfare.

Biological warfare.

Biological Warfare.

Chemical Warfare.

Military Medicine--methods.

Military Medicine.

Medical Subjects:

Biological Warfare.

Chemical Warfare.

Military Medicine--methods.

Military Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 721 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Distribution:

Ft. Belvoir : Defense Technical Information Center, JAN 1997.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center ; Falls Church, Va. : Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army ; Fort Sam Houston, Tex. : United States Army Medical Department Center and School ; Fort Detrick, Frederick, Md. : United States Army Medical Research and Material Command ; Bethesda, Md. : Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 1997.

Summary:

This volume was prepared for military medical educational use. The focus of the information is to foster discussion that may form the basis of doctrine and policy. Until this decade, our military forces had not faced chemical and biological weapons since World War I, and the prevailing attitude has been "out of sight, out of mind." The Persian Gulf War changed all that. Just the threat that such weapons would be used was itself an effective weapon, as it required us to expend tremendous logistical resources to supply our troops in the desert. Now we know that we must master all relevant aspects of defense against chemical and biological warfare. The Biological Weapons Convention, ratified in 1975, did not slow the massive Soviet program, which continued until early 1992, nor did it prevent the buildup in Iraq between 1985 and 1990. At this time, experts are severely questioning whether verification of compliance with the treaty can be certain. Similar concerns delayed ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention by the U.S. Senate; nevertheless, the senate ratified the treaty on 24 April 1997. A primary value of the Textbook of Military Medicine series is to preserve the lessons of past wars and, by so doing, demonstrate how current doctrine is built on knowledge that was gained at so high a cost. Medical officers should read this volume, Medical Aspects of Chemical and Biological Warfare, and learn its lessons well. Civilians expect that we in the military will know how to manage chemical and biological casualties. Indeed, if we do not, then who will? The nation expects us to be prepared to defend against all attacks and will be unforgiving of any incapacity on our part.

Contents:

Patient Flow in a Theater of Operations

Medical Aftermath of the Persian Gulf War

1. Overview: Defense Against the Effects of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents

2. History of Chemical and Biological Warfare:An American Perspective

3. Historical Aspects of Medical Defense Against Chemical Warfare

4. The Chemical Warfare Threat and the Military Healthcare Provider

5. Nerve Agents

6. Pretreatment for Nerve Agent Exposure

7. Vesicants

8. Long-Term Health Effects of Nerve Agents and Mustard

9. Toxic Inhalational Injury

10. Cyanide Poisoning

11. Incapacitating Agents

12. Riot Control Agents

13. Field Management of Chemical Casualties

14. Triage of Chemical Casualties

15. Decontamination

16. Chemical Defense Equipment

17. Healthcare and the Chemical Surety Mission

18. Historical Overview of Biological Warfare

19. The U.S. Biological Warfare and Biological Defense Programs

20. Use of Biological Weapons

21. The Biological Warfare Threat

22. Anthrax

23. Plague

24. Tularemia

25. Brucellosis

26. Q Fever

27. Smallpox

28. Viral Encephalitides

29. Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

30. Defense Against Toxin Weapons

31. Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B and Related Pyrogenic Toxins

32. Ricin Toxin

33. Botulinum Toxins

34. Trichothecene Mycotoxins

35. Medical Challenges in Chemical and Biological Defense for the 21st Century.

Notes:

Series numbering not included as order of titles varies on Series pages.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Medical aspects of chemical and biological warfare

Microform version: Medical aspects of chemical and biological warfare

OCLC:

227985980