TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear mass casualty medicine: a review of lessons from the Salisbury and Amesbury Novichok nerve agent incidents
JO  - British journal of anaesthesia
A1  - Haslam, James D.
A1  - Russell, Paul
A1  - Hill, Stephanie
A1  - Emmett, Stevan R.
A1  - Blain, Peter G.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - On March 4, 2018, two casualties collapsed on a park bench in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. They were later discovered to have been the victims of an attempted murder using the Soviet-era Novichok class of nerve agent. The casualties, along with three further critically ill patients, were cared for in Salisbury District Hospital's Intensive Care Unit. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Salisbury and Amesbury incidents were the longest-running major incidents in the history of the UK National Health Service. This narrative review seeks to reflect on the lessons learned from these chemical incidents, with a particular focus on hospital and local organisational responses.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-0912
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2021.10.008
ID  - ref1
ER  -