Research Catalog

Title

IHS Jane's CBRN response handbook / Antonio F. Garcia, Dan Rand, John Howard Rinard Jr.

Author

Garcia, Antonio F.

Publication

Bracknell : IHS Global, Ltd., c2011.

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Additional Authors

• Rand, Dan.
• Rinard, John.

Description

[xxiii], 421 p.; 16 cm.

Uniform Title

Jane's chem-bio handbook.

Alternative Title

CBRN response handbook

Subject

• Terrorism
• Terrorist threat warning systems
• Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.)
• Biological decontamination
• Chemical agents (Munitions) > Health aspects
• Biological weapons > Health aspects
• Radiation > Health aspects

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Jane's chem-bio handbook / Ken Alibek ... [et al.]. 3rd ed. c2005.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

Contents

1: PRE-INCIDENT PLANNING -- a. Assessing CBRN Threats // b. Assessing CBRN Vulnerabilities // c. Medical Response Considerations // d. Strategic Considerations // e. Response Planning // f. Detection, Identification, and Monitoring Equipment // g. Training and Exercises // h. National Incident Management System (NIMS) // i. Pre-Incident Checklist -- 2: ON-SCENE PROCEDURES -- a. Initial Response Procedures // b. Situation Reports // c. Victims // d. Chemical Incidents // e. Biological Incidents // f. Radiological Incidents // g. Arrival at the CBRN Incident Site // h. Site Set-Up for Chem-Bio Incidents // i. Site Set-Up for Radiological Incidents // j. Zones of Operation for Chem-Bio Incidents // k. Zones of Operation for Radiological Incidents // l. Crowd Control Procedures // m. Cold Zone Triage // n. Decontamination Strategies for Chem-Bio Incidents // o. Decontamination Strategies for Radiological Incidents // p. Personnel Protection -- 3: POST-INCIDENT MANAGEMENT -- a. Recovery Phases // b. Attending to Community and Responder Mental Health // c. Managing the Crime Scene // d. Conducting an After-Action Review // e. Implementing a Public Relations Plan // f. Post-Incident Care Checklist // g. Community Post-Incident Response Checklist // h. Post-Incident Considerations for Radiological Emergencies -- 4: CHEMICAL AGENTS -- a. Chemical Agent Quick Reference // b. General Agent Properties // c. Chemical Delivery // d. Nerve Agents // e. Cyanide // f. Blister Agents (Vesicants) // g. Pulmonary Agents // h. Riot Control Agents -- 5: CHEMICAL TREATMENT -- a. Nerve Agents // b. Cyanide // c. Blister Agents (Vesicants) // d. Pulmonary Agents // e. Riot Control Agents // f. Management of Chemical Casualties -- 6: BIOLOGICAL AGENTS -- a. Biological Agent Quick Reference // b. General Agent Properties c. Biological Delivery d. Physics of the Primary Aerosol e. Alternative Bio-Agent Delivery Methods f. Biological Agent Effects 7: BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT a. Bacteria b. Rickettsia c. Toxins d. Viruses e. Management of Biological Casualties 8: RADIOLOGICAL HAZARDS a. Radiological Hazards Background Information b. Ionizing Radiation c. Biological Effects and Internal Hazards of Radiation Exposure d. Radiological Exposure Pathways and Effects on the Human Body // e. Measuring Emitted Radiation // f. Radiation Survey Equipment at Radiological Emergencies // g. Radiation as Hazardous Material // 9: RADIOLOGICAL TREATMENT -- a. Radiation Injury // b. Cutaneous Radiation Injury (CRI) // c. Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) // d. Mortuary Affairs // APPENDIX A: DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING EQUIPMENT -- a. CBRN Equipment Overview // b. Biological Detection Challenges // c. Equipment Technologies // d. Hand-Held Equipment // e. Radiological Detection Equipment // f. Other Available Equipment -- APPENDIX B: PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT -- a. Respiratory Protection // b. Air-Purifying Respirators // c. Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) // d. Dermal Protection // e. Levels of Protection (A, B & C) -- APPENDIX C: DECONTAMINATION -- a. Location of Decontamination Site // b. Decontamination Materials // c. Decontamination Options // d. General Decontamination Procedures // e. Non-Ambulatory/Stretcher Patient Decontamination // f. Transfer to Medical Facility // g. Contaminated Clothing and Equipment Disposal // h. Verifying Decontamination // i. Additional Considerations -- APPENDIX D: PHASED TRAINING GUIDE -- APPENDIX E: CASE STUDIES -- a. Chemical Case Study I // b. Chemical Case Study II // c. Chemical Case Study III // d. Biological Case Study I // e. Biological Case Study II // f. Radiological Case Study I (Hypothetical) // g. Radiological Case Study II (Hypothetical) -- APPENDIX F: PRECURSOR CHEMICALS -- APPENDIX G: GLOSSARY OF MEDICAL TERMS -- APPENDIX H: GLOSSARY OF RADIOLOGICAL TERMS -- INDEX -- EMERGENCY CONTACTS

ISBN

• 9780710629982 (spiral bound)
• 0710629982 (spiral bound)

OCLC

• ocn777199903
• SCSB-14415923

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library