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Table 5.4 Nerve agent triage and dosing .....................................................................................137
Table 5.5 Clinical effects from sulfur mustard exposure.............................................................139
Table 5.6 Riot control agents.......................................................................................................140
Table 5.7 Medical treatment of riot control agent exposure........................................................141
Table 6.1 Biological dosimetry assays and operational parameters ............................................226
Table 6.2 Biodosimetry based on acute photon-equivalent exposures........................................227
Table 6.3 Initial or prodromal phase, whole body irradiation from external radiation
or internal absorption (gamma radiation) ........................................................................228
Table 6.4 Diagnostic steps in acute radiation syndrome..............................................................229
Table 6.5 Timing to onset of vomiting (prodrome) .....................................................................230
Table 6.6 Dose assessment summary...........................................................................................231
Table 6.7 Guidelines for bioassay sampling................................................................................232
Table 6.8 Antibiotics for treatment of post-radiation neutropenia ..............................................233
Table 6.9 Threshold radioactive exposures and recommended prophylactic single
doses of KI .......................................................................................................................234
Table 6.10 Radionuclide specific therapies .................................................................................235
Table 6.11 Reduction in exposure by sheltering..........................................................................236
Table 7.1 Expected injuries at relative distances from detonation to open air ............................258
Table 7.2 Spectrum of primary blast injury on body systems .....................................................259
Table 7.3 Principles of Advanced Trauma Life Support ............................................................260
Table 7.4 Principles of Advanced Burn Life Support .................................................................262
Table 8.1 Concepts of death and implications of incomplete understanding for
adjustment to loss.............................................................................................................292
Table 11.1 Environmental constraints to pediatric medical care after large-scale
natural disasters................................................................................................................313
Table 11.2 Pediatric medical complaints after large-scale natural disasters: challenges
and adaptations based on post-hurricane responses.........................................................314
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