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Toxic Trauma

A Basic Clinical Guide

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Authors:
  1. David J. Baker

    1. SAMU de Paris, Hôpital Necker—Enfants Malades, Paris, France

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  • First edition, Winner of BMA Medical Book Award, Highly Commended in Public Health

  • Includes an updated historical timeline of systematic trauma management and expanded coverage of international resuscitation guidelines of 2015

  • Addresses the differences between chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear agents

  • Provides a practical reference guide to the management of casualties following exposure to toxic chemical agents

  • Features a discussion of the effects of chemical agent exposure that parallels conventional trauma management teaching systems

  • Takes a holistic approach to the management of exposure to industrial and chemical warfare agents

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 1-10

  3. Toxic Trauma: A Historical Perspective

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 11-23

  4. The Classification and Properties of Toxic Hazards

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 25-47

  5. Exposure to Toxic Hazards

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 49-67

  6. Responding to Chemical Releases: Essentials of Organisation and Incident Management

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 69-90

  7. The Pathophysiology of Toxic Trauma

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 91-118

  8. The Clinical Presentation of Toxic Trauma: Assessment and Diagnosis

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 119-140

  9. The Treatment of Toxic Trauma

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 141-170

  10. The Longer-Term Consequences of Toxic Trauma

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 171-180

  11. Preparing for Toxic Trauma

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 181-198

  12. Toxins

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 199-208

  13. Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Hazards: An Overview and Comparison

    • David J. Baker
    Pages 209-230

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 231-238
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About this book

Winner of BMA Medical Book Award, Highly Commended in Public Health

Written for medical professionals, this book provides a concise reference with clear guidelines on how to manage both the victims of chemical agent exposure and the site of the incident. David Baker considers the nature and basic science of the hazards faced as well as the practical management of persons exposed to chemicals and toxins. 


Praise for the first edition

"Toxic Trauma is a welcome addition to the literature. . . . Although written for clinicians, the book contains chapters that should be read by administrators and other health care professionals to ensure they understand and can inform the public in a balanced manner about the logistic considerations, and widespread consequences across systems when an event does occur. Any healthcare library should consider this book an essential text."

--Michael Nurok, American Journal of Disaster Medicine


"This book excels as a reference for those interested in learning about and designing systems to better handle toxic trauma."

--Michael D. Zwank, Doody’s Book Reviews

Authors and Affiliations

  • SAMU de Paris, Hôpital Necker—Enfants Malades, Paris, France

    David J. Baker

About the author

David Baker is a visiting professor at Harvard Medical School and a visiting senior lecturer of medical toxicology at King’s College London. Dr. Baker studied medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and has worked as a consultant in anaesthesia for SAMU, the Paris emergency medical service at the Necker University Hospital, specializing in the management of mass toxic incidents. He has been a board member of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine and has consulted for the World Health Organization and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The author of numerous scientific publications, Dr. Baker is currently researching the management of pulmonary injury following toxic agent inhalation as well as the provision of early ventilatory support following toxic respiratory failure.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Toxic Trauma

  • Book Subtitle: A Basic Clinical Guide

  • Authors: David J. Baker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40916-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40915-3Published: 01 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82216-7Published: 23 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40916-0Published: 25 October 2016

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 238

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Emergency Medicine, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

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