ISBN : 9789819816941
Author : Tan Hock Heng Et Al
Publisher : WSPC
Year : 2025
Language : English
Type : Book
Description : The Hazmat Medical Life Support basic provider course book aims to equip medical responders to a hazmat incident — chemical, radiological or biological — with essential skills and knowledge to safely and effectively manage casualties. It includes basic information about hazmat agents and provides easy to remember algorithmic approaches for the on-scene management of a hazmat event. Essential information on setting up medical operations, triaging and approach to hazmat casualties, personal protective equipment, decontamination, wound management, life support as well as paediatric-specific issues are presented in this book.