Responding to Chemical Incidents
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Course Description: Do you know how to treat the pediatric patient exposed to a chemical agent? This course will assist you with recognizing the signs, symptoms and treatment modalities for several chemical agents. Also, pediatric decontamination procedures are addressed to aid your hospital in understanding pediatric needs unique to these incidents. *Last updated 2012. |
Additional Courses: (click links below)
JumpSTART Pediatric MCI Triage Tool
AHRQ - Pediatric Terrorism and Disaster Preparedness
AAP - Children and Disasters
ATSDR - Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units
CDC - Mass Casualties Predictor
OSHA - Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers
OSHA - Incident Command System eTool
Sign Language for Emergencies
U.S. Army RDECOM Laboratory information resources
ATSDR - Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents
Hospital Guidelines for Pediatric Preparedness
