Medical strategies to handle mass casualties from the use of biological weapons

Kristi L Koenig; Christopher A Kahn; Carl H Schultz

doi:10.1016/j.cll.2006.03.003

Medical strategies to handle mass casualties from the use of biological weapons

Clin Lab Med. 2006 Jun;26(2):313-27, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2006.03.003.

Authors

Kristi L Koenig¹, Christopher A Kahn, Carl H Schultz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, 101 The City Drive South, Route 128, Orange, CA 92868, USA. kkoenig@uci.edu

PMID: 16815455
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2006.03.003

Abstract

This article reviews the definitions of biological weapons and mass casualties. In addition, it discusses the main operational and logistical issues of import in the medical management of mass casualties from the use of biological weapons. Strategies for medical management of specific biologic agents also are highlighted.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biological Warfare*
Bioterrorism*
Communicable Diseases / epidemiology
Communicable Diseases / therapy*
Disaster Planning / methods*
Emergency Medical Services*
Humans