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Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear mass casualty medicine: a review of lessons from the Salisbury and Amesbury Novichok nerve agent incidents.
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BJA: The British Journal of Anaesthesia . Feb2022, Vol. 128 Issue 2, pe200-e205. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *NERVE gases
*MASS casualties
*ATOMIC mass
*INTENSIVE care units
*MURDER victims
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00070912
- Volume :
- 128
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- BJA: The British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154617159
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2021.10.008