EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Chemical Decontamination

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Decontamination is defined as the reduction or removal of chemical (or biological) agents by physical means or by chemical neutralization (detoxification) so that agents are no longer hazardous. The major…

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Directed-Energy Weapons

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A directed-energy weapon (DEW) emits energy in an aimed direction without the means of a projectile. A DEW transfers the energy to a target for the desired effect. Most DEWs…

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Radiation Decontamination

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Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary , 10th edition, lists 1936 as the year of the earliest known use of the word decontaminate in English. Decontaminate is defined as follows: “to rid…

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Future Biological and Chemical Weapons

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Acknowledgments The authors gratefully acknowledge the previous contributions of James M. Madsen. Historical perspective Biological and chemical weapons have been used throughout history. For millennia, indigenous South American peoples deliberately…

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General Approach to Chemical Attack

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The risk of chemical attack is no longer confined to the battlefield. The rise of asymmetric terrorist tactics, combined with the dual-use nature of technology and the proliferation of information,…

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