The Role of National Poison Control Center in Organisation and Management of Mass Ammonia Accident

Abstract

Despite the frequent occurrence of incidents involving hazardous materials, organisation and management still pose some specific problems in chemical disasters. Most hospitals with emergency care are not fully prepared to handle contaminated or poisoned patients, which may have important impact on the outcome of poisoning. Following a hazardous chemical accident, providing early effective care to victims depends on the nature of the accident, the number of victims affected, the availability of medical care, the coordination of rescue teams and medical treatment. Poison Control Centres must have a crucial role in all phases of the disaster management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP013382

Entities

People

  • Dragan Joksovic
  • Jasmina Jovic-stosic
  • Slavica Vucinic
  • Veljko Todorovic
  • Zoran Segrt

Organizations

  • Military Medical Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Airway Management
  • Disasters
  • Emergencies
  • European Communities
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Hydroxides
  • Information Exchange
  • Lung Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Pharmacology
  • Poisoning
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.