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Decontamination for Chemical Exposure: At the Scene or at the Hospital?
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Decontamination for Chemical Exposure: At the Scene or at the Hospital?

Mauricio Lynn
Disasters and Mass Casualty Incidents, pp.91-93
Springer International Publishing
2018-11-11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97361-6_13

Abstract

Chemical Contamination Decontamination Nonconventional Prehospital Self-evacuated
One of the major controversies on prehospital care for sudden chemical mass casualty incidents (SCMCIs) is whether to perform mass decontamination at the scene or at the hospital. Common chemical agents that require decontamination after exposure:OrganophosphatesMustards

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