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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2002, Vol. 89, No. 2 211-214
© 2002 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

Editorial

Editorial I

Management of casualties from terrorist chemical and biological attack: a key role for the anaesthetist

D. J. Baker1

1 SAMU de Paris and Department of Anaesthesia Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades 149 rue de Sèvres F-75743 Paris Cedex 15 France

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Civil chemical and biological warfare attack: the myth and reality

Following the attacks in New York in September 2001, the spectre of urban attack by terrorists using chemical and biological warfare (CBW) agents again raised its head and led to a wave of speculation and near panic on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Newspaper articles about ‘weapons of mass destruction’ abounded, and emergency and hospital medical services made provisions for the management of large numbers of casualties. In the United States, mass ingestion of prophylactic antibiotics began and gas masks were purchased in large numbers. Television pictures of emergency personnel clad in protective suits (many of them totally inappropriate for the real degree of risk) were widely transmitted and for several weeks the public awaited a world-wide chemical/biological Armageddon.

In the event, the reality was confined to the distribution of anthrax spores through the US postal system, which fortunately claimed only a few lives.1 Nevertheless this attack, coming after . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CBW attack as a special case of general hazardous material release

What are the hazards likely to be faced?

Medical management of casualties from CBW attack: points of involvement of anaesthetists

Management of specific pathophysiology

Anaesthetists—a voice to be heard


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