title: [Characteristics of mass chemical disasters].
abstract: Every day we are encountering different hazardous material which characteristics are more or less unknown. Due to increased technological development in chemical industry there is evident increase of new hazardous materials. With this fact and with the evident change in terrorist philosophy there is a greater chance for mass casualty incident occurrence. Mass casualty hazardous material incident definitively is one of the most difficult and demanding among mass casualty incidents because among other life threatening conditions there is also a hazardous material that endanger victims and rescuers life and well being. All that demand use of special procedures and special equipment.
authors.affiliation: Univerzitetni klinicni center Ljubljana, Resevalna postaja.
authors.forename: Andrej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fink
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances