Toxic Trauma: A Basic Clinical Guide
Author:   David J. Baker
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2nd ed. 2016
ISBN:  

9783319409153


Pages:   238
Publication Date:   01 November 2016
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Our Price $145.17 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Toxic Trauma: A Basic Clinical Guide


Add your own review!

Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   David J. Baker
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2nd ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.207kg
ISBN:  

9783319409153


ISBN 10:   3319409158
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   01 November 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Toxic trauma:  an historical perspective.- The classification and properties of toxic hazards.- Exposure to toxic hazards.- Responding to chemical releases: essentials of organization and incident management.- The pathophysiology of toxic trauma.- The clinical presentation of toxic trauma:  assessment and diagnosis.- The treatment of toxic trauma.- The longer-term consequences of toxic trauma.- Preparing for toxic trauma.- Toxins.- Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards: an overview and comparison.- Appendices.

Reviews

The purpose is to provide a concise clinical guide to the nature and management of toxin injury. ... Emergency medicine providers, anesthesiologists, emergency surgeons, toxicologists, and intensivists from all disciplines are an appropriate audience for this work from an international authority in hazardous materials exposure. ... This brief book effectively provides clinicians with the basic tools to support a practice encountering patients exposed to hazardous materials. (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2017)


"""The purpose is to provide a concise clinical guide to the nature and management of toxin injury. ... Emergency medicine providers, anesthesiologists, emergency surgeons, toxicologists, and intensivists from all disciplines are an appropriate audience for this work from an international authority in hazardous materials exposure. ... This brief book effectively provides clinicians with the basic tools to support a practice encountering patients exposed to hazardous materials."" (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, February, 2017)"


Author Information

David Baker is a visiting professor at Harvard Medical School and a visiting senior lecturer of medical toxicology at King’s College London. Dr. Baker studied medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and has worked as a consultant in anaesthesia for SAMU, the Paris emergency medical service at the Necker University Hospital, specializing in the management of mass toxic incidents. He has been a board member of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine and has consulted for the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The author of numerous scientific publications, Dr. Baker is currently researching the management of pulmonary injury following toxic agent inhalation as well as the provision of early ventilatory support following toxic respiratory failure.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

MRG2025CC

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
 Shopping cart
Mailing List

 

Sign up now