Neurological aspects of chemical and biological terrorism: guidelines for neurologists.
This statement paper deals with the key role an neurologist plays in the management of victims of chemical warfare/terrorist attacks. Because terrorist factions have expanded the war zone creating a worldwide risk of terrorist attacks, not only limited to some conflict zones in the Middle East, neurologists in all countries/regions have to be prepared for disaster response. The scope of this paper is to provide guidelines for the neurological management of victims of chemical and biological terrorist attacks.
Department of Neurology, Dimpna Regional Hospital, AZ St Dimpna, JB Stessenstraat 2, 2440, Geel, Belgium. dr.harald.decauwer@azstdimpna.be.
Harald
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7582-5988
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De Cauwer
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dimpna Regional Hospital, Geel, Belgium.|Department of Health Psychology, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands.|Clerkships Office, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
Francis J M P
FJMP
Somville
Department of Emergency Medicine, Dimpna Regional Hospital, Geel, Belgium.|Faculty of Medicine, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Marieke
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Joillet
D023482:Bioterrorism; D051337:Chemical Terrorism; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D009462:Neurology / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
Biological warfare; Chemical warfare; Neurology; Terrorism