Medical aspects of chemical and biological warfare

Specialty editors Frederick R. Sidell, Ernest T. Takafuji, David R. Franz, — 685 p.Foreword by The Surgeon GeneralPatient Flow in a Theater of Operations
Medical Aftermath of the Persian Gulf War
Overview: Defense Against the Effects of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents
History of Chemical and Biological Warfare: An American Perspective
Historical Aspects of Medical Defense Against Chemical Warfare
The Chemical Warfare Threat and the Military Healthcare Provider
Nerve Agents
Pretreatment for Nerve Agent Exposure
Vesicants
Long-Term Health Effects of Nerve Agents and Mustard
Toxic Inhalational Injury
Cyanide Poisoning
Incapacitating Agents
Riot Control Agents
Field Management of Chemical Casualties
Triage of Chemical Casualties
Decontamination
Chemical Defense Equipment
Healthcare and the Chemical Surety Mission
Historical Overview of Biological Warfare
The U.S. Biological Warfare and Biological Defense Programs
Use of Biological Weapons
The Biological Warfare Threat
Anthrax
Plague
Tularemia
Brucellosis
Q Fever
Smallpox
Viral Encephalitides
Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
Defense Against Toxin Weapons
Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B and Related Pyrogenic Toxins
Ricin Toxin
Botulinum Toxins
Trichothecene Mycotoxins
Medical Challenges in Chemical and Biological Defense for the 21st Century