Nerve agents: a guide for emergency nurses. Part 1

Recent incidents in the UK and the alleged chemical attacks in Syria by the Bashar al-Assad regime have brought the subject of chemical weapons back into the public domain. To date these types of event have been relatively rare because terrorist plans to harm large numbers of people have mostly been...

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Published inEmergency nurse Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 27 - 31
Main Authors McGhee, Stephen, Finnegan, Alan, Angus, Neil, Clochesy, John
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England RCNi 04.03.2019
Subjects
Biological & chemical weapons
Cardiac arrhythmia
Emergency medical care
Emergency preparedness
Insecticides
Morbidity
Nurses
Pesticides
Physiology
Poisons
Public health
World War I
World War II
United Kingdom > UK
England
trauma
pre-hospital care
emergency care
emergency services
public health
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ISSN1354-5752
2047-8984
2047-8984
DOI10.7748/en.2019.e1896

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Summary:Recent incidents in the UK and the alleged chemical attacks in Syria by the Bashar al-Assad regime have brought the subject of chemical weapons back into the public domain. To date these types of event have been relatively rare because terrorist plans to harm large numbers of people have mostly been thwarted. This is the first part of a two-part article on nerve agents. Part one gives an overview of these agents, their historical background and manufacture, and how the agents affect physiology. Part two, which will appear in the next issue, considers the pre-hospital response to the use of nerve agents, including effective triage and decontamination, and in-hospital treatment.
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ISSN:1354-5752
2047-8984
2047-8984
DOI:10.7748/en.2019.e1896