Citation

Holstege CP, Bechtel LK, Reilly TH, Wispelwey BP, Dobmeier SG. Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 2007; 25(2): 549-566.

Affiliation

Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 800744, 1222 Jefferson Park Avenue, 4th Floor, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0774, USA; Blue Ridge Poison Center, University of Virginia Health System, P.O. Box

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.emc.2007.02.006

PMID

17482032

Abstract

Emergency personnel are tasked with the daunting job of being the first to evaluate and manage victims of a terrorist attack. Numerous potential chemical agents could be used by terrorists. The challenge for first responders and local hospital emergency personnel is to prepare for a terrorist event that might use one or more of these agents. As part of that preparation, emergency physicians should have a basic understanding of potential chemical terrorist agents. It is beyond the scope of this article to review all potential terrorist agents. Rather, four potential agents have been chosen for review: sodium monofluoroacetate, trichothecene mycotoxins, vomiting agents, and saxitoxin.

Language: en