Usamriid S Medical Management Of Biological Casualties Handbook 9th Edition Blue Book

This 9th edition has been revised and updated to better present our current understanding of the optimal medical management of diseases and syndromes caused by biological threat agents. Medical defense against the use of pathogens and toxins as battlefield weapons, or in terrorism, is an unfamiliar yet important subject to many military and civilian healthcare providers. The US military has pursued research relevant to the medical defense against biological threat agents (bio-agents) since World War II, first in concert with an offensive weapons program, then -- for the past 50 years -- as a purely defensive research program. However, the 2001 terrorist attacks on the US mainland, and subsequent anthrax mail attacks, emphasized to national and local political leaders, lawmakers, medical opinion makers, and the public at large, that the bio-agent threat was real and required much more planning, training, and resources for an effective response.

The first edition of USAMRIID's Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook was released in 1993. Known informally as the "Blue Book," it has been revised regularly over the past 27 years. More than 213,000 hard copies have been distributed to military and civilian healthcare providers around the world. The Blue Book is in the public domain and is available for free download. This important work serves as the primary reference document for USAMRIID's resident and off-site Medical Management of Biological Casualties (MMBC) course. This 9th edition has been revised and updated to better present our current understanding of the optimal medical management of diseases and syndromes caused by biological threat agents. The Table of Contents remains unchanged from the previous edition. This resource is available in a .pdf format and may be downloaded from the Reference Material section of USAMRIID's website, https: //www.usamriid.army.mil. For more detailed information the reader is referred to larger Textbook of Military Medicine (TMM) - Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare, which is also available for download from the above website. Our goal has been to make this reference useful for the healthcare provider on the front lines, whether on the battlefield or in a fixed clinic, where basic summary and treatment information is quickly required. We are constantly striving to make it a better product and would like your feedback to make future editions more useful and readable. Thank you for your interest in this important subject.

The purpose for this handbook is to serve as a concise pocket-sized manual that will guide medical personnel in the prophylaxis and management of biological casulties. It is designed as a quick reference and overview, and is not intended as a definitive text on the medical management of biological casualties.

7th edition. Known as the USAMRIID Blue Book, this invaluable handbook supplies basic summary and treatment information quickly for the health care provider on the front lines of a biological incident. Provides concise supplemental reading material to assist in education of biological casualty management. Zygmunt F. Dembek, Lead Editor.

The seventh edition hass been revised and updated to asddress our understanding of medical management for diseases caused by threrat pathogens. Medical professionals learn about effective available medical countermeasures against many of the bacteria, viruses, and toxins that might be used as biological weapons against military forces or civilian communities. The purpose of this handbook is to serve as a concise, pocket-sixed manual that can be pulled off the shelf (or from a pocket) in a crisis to guide medical personnel in the prophylaxis and management of biological casualties. It is designed as a quick reference and overview, and is not intended as a definitive text. A greater in-depth discussion of the agents covered here may be found in the Army Surgeon General's Borden Institute Textbook of Military Medicine, "Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare" (2007) and in relevant infectious disease, tropical medicine, and disaster management extbooks. The Medical Management of Biological Casualties Handbook, which has been known as the "Blue Book" has been enormously successful. Since the first edition in 1993, the awareness of biological weapons in the U.S. has increased dramatically. Over 190,000 copies have been distributed to military and civilian heathcare providers around the world.

Supplies basic summary and treatment information quickly for the health care provider on the front lines. Provides concise supplemental reading material to assist in education of biological casualty management. Edge indexed.