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Finding the best information that is currently available frequently requires persistence and effort. Von Lubitz here provides ready access to information about infectious diseases for health care workers . [The book] presents information in a manner that would prove useful even in very stressful moments. Thus it is a book suitable for true field use. If needed, it would provide the essential information to start treatment, and maintain it until expert assistance become available. Summing Up: Recommended. - CHOICE As the title implies this field guide can be used as a starting place for obtaining rapid access to relevant medical information. Recommended for non-specialists medical personnel at any level e.g. physicians, nurses, paramedics and first responders, and for establishments responsible for public safety. - E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 11 Won Highly Commended in the Public Health category of the 2004 British Medical Association Library Book Competition. Field Guides like this are exactly what our country needs to address the hysteria that seems to surround the subject of chemical and biological attack. We must address this hysteria through education and training programs to educate the public, health care professionals, and our senior leaders. This field guide gives concise usable information to diagnose and treat such problems. I heartily recommend it for every practitioner in the field and for our public so that they are educated about the threat and can replace the hysteria with a reasoned approach based on fact. - Lt. General Paul K. Carlton, Jr. (Ret.), Director, Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University Dr. von Lubitz is a world leader in the field ofhigh fidelity medical simulation. This manual, which provides a basic and accessible summary of information on possible bioterrorism agents, is a timely addition to the literature on this topic. Through concise prose and formatting, Dr. von Lubitz presents information necessary for those wishing to simulate bioterrorism events, teach about the topic, or recognize and treat these conditions at a basic level. - Kenneth A. Williams, MD, FACEP, Brown University, University of Massachusetts, Rhode Island Dept of Health EMS Division, and Principal Investigator, The Rhode Island Disaster Initiative

Finding the best information that is currently available frequently requires persistence and effort. Von Lubitz ... here provides ready access to information about infectious diseases for health care workers ... . ... [The book] presents information ... in a manner that would prove useful even in very stressful moments. Thus it is a book suitable for true field use. ... If needed, it would provide the essential information to start treatment, and maintain it until expert assistance become available. Summing Up: Recommended. - CHOICE As the title implies this field guide can be used as a starting place for obtaining rapid access to relevant medical information. ... Recommended for non-specialists medical personnel at any level e.g. physicians, nurses, paramedics and first responders, and for establishments responsible for public safety. - E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 11 Won Highly Commended in the Public Health category of the 2004 British Medical Association Library Book Competition. Field Guides like this are exactly what our country needs to address the hysteria that seems to surround the subject of chemical and biological attack. We must address this hysteria through education and training programs to educate the public, health care professionals, and our senior leaders. This field guide gives concise usable information to diagnose and treat such problems. I heartily recommend it for every practitioner in the field and for our public so that they are educated about the threat and can replace the hysteria with a reasoned approach based on fact. - Lt. General Paul K. Carlton, Jr. (Ret.), Director, Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University Dr. von Lubitz is a world leader in the field of high fidelity medical simulation. This manual, which provides a basic and accessible summary of information on possible bioterrorism agents, is a timely addition to the literature on this topic. Through concise prose and formatting, Dr. von Lubitz presents information necessary for those wishing to simulate bioterrorism events, teach about the topic, or recognize and treat these conditions at a basic level. - Kenneth A. Williams, MD, FACEP, Brown University, University of Massachusetts, Rhode Island Dept of Health EMS Division, and Principal Investigator, The Rhode Island Disaster Initiative

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