Bioterrorism: Field Guide to Disease Identification and Initial Patient Management

Designed for fast access, this guide helps first-responders and other non-specialist medical personnel to quickly recognize the signs and symptoms caused by exposure to bioterrorism agents. It provides enough information to initiate treatment while a definitive diagnosis is being determined, presents measures for preventing contamination of those involved in the victims' medical management, and lists numerous federal, state, and Web resources. This is a potentially life-saving reference that can be thrown into a medical bag and kept there, hopefully unused. But if needed, it can provide essential information that will prevent secondary infections, improve site safety, and buy vital time.