Medical Treatment of Intoxications and Decontamination of Chemical Agents in the Area of Terrorist Attack

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVIII

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2. CURRENT PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL TERRORISM

   1. PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL TERRORISM AND WAYS OF ITS OVERCOMING

      • Christophor Dishovsky

      Pages 1-11

   2. TOXIC CHEMICALS AND RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES AS REASON OF OCCURRENCE OF ACUTE POISONING IN UKRAINE

      • Sergey Ryzhenko

      Pages 13-19

   3. BIOMONITORING OF EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS

      • D. Noort, M.J. Van Der Schans, H.P. Benschop

      Pages 21-26

   4. NON-RULED MARKET ECONOMY AS A SOURCE OF CHEMICAL TERRORISM. AUTOMOTIVE FUEL: QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

      • William Zadorsky

      Pages 27-48

   5. ROLE OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IN COMBATING CHEMICAL TERRORISM

      • Jiri Matousek

      Pages 49-57

   6. CHEMICAL INCIDENT SIMULATOR: A NEW APPROACH FOR DERIVING PASSIVE DEFENCE REQUIREMENTS

      • M.J.G. Linders, C.A. van Beest, P. Brasser, L.F.G. Geers, G. van't Hof, R.A. Rumley-van Gurp et al.

      Pages 59-70

   7. OPCW CONCEPT OF ASSISTANCE UNDER ARTICLE X

      • Clarence Lee Brown

      Pages 71-79

   8. ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS PROJECTS IN UKRAINE AS ATTRACTIVE TARGETS FOR TERRORIST ACTS

      • G. Shmatkov

      Pages 81-83

   9. DIOXINES: THREAT OF MISUSE IN POSSIBLE ACTS OF CHEMICAL TERRORISM

      • V. F. Tkach, N. G. Prodanchuk, N. V. Kokshareva, M. L. Zinovjeva

      Pages 85-89

3. DIAGNOSIS OF EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF CHEMICAL AGENT INTOXICATION

   1. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CHEMICAL CRISIS, PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT, SPECIFIC MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES AND EDUCATION

      • Florin Paul, Liliana Paul

      Pages 91-99

   2. MODERN APPROACHES TO MEDICAL TREATMENT OF POISONING CAUSED BY NEUROPARALITIC ANTICHOLINESTERASE COMPOUNDS

      • N.V. Kokshareva, M.G. Prodanchuk, V.F. Tkach, M.L. Zinovieva

      Pages 101-108

   3. CERTAIN PROBLEMS OF RENDERING MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER ACTS OF CHEMICAL TERRORISM

      • S.I. Khmel', Yu. P. Litvin, A.N. Gninenko

      Pages 109-112

   4. EFFICACY OF PRETREATMENT AND TREATMENT AGAINST SOMAN INTOXICATION

      • Ingrid H.C.H.M. Philippens, Marjan J. Jongsma, Raymond A.P. Vanwersch

      Pages 113-121

   5. BIOMEDICAL SAMPLING FOLLOWING A CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TERRORIST EVENT - AN OPCW PERSPECTIVE

      • Mike Rowell

      Pages 123-132

   6. PARTICULARITIES IN RESEARCH, PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS FOR NBC MEDICAL PROTECTION

      • Florin Paul

      Pages 133-141

   7. TOXICOKINETICS IN HELPING OF DIAGNOSES AND TREATMENT OF CHEMICAL POISONING

      • Manana Juruli

      Pages 143-144

4. DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL DECONTAMINATION IN CASE OF INTOXICATION WITH CHEMICAL AGENT

   1. ASPECTS OF DECONTAMINATION IN CASE OF RELEASE OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES OR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS

      • Tsvetan Popov, George Popov

      Pages 147-152

   2. PERSONAL DECONTAMINATION IN CASES OF CHEMICAL TERRORIST ATTACKS

      • Jiří Matoušek

      Pages 153-163

   3. HARMFUL CHEMICAL-INDUSTRY INCIDENTS EFFECTS PROGNOSIS SYSTEM OF THE TERRITORIAL CENTER FOR EMERGENCY MEDICINE: SUPPLY OF INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS DATA

      • Alexander A. Kolyada

      Pages 165-170

This book includes reports which were presented at a NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) entitled “Medical Treatment of Intoxications and Decontamination of Chemical Agent in the Area of Terrorist Attack”. The workshop was held on 25-28 January 2005 in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. Currently, scientists and experts from many countries are working on development and implementation of a readiness for anti terrorist actions. In addition to chemical weapons, terrorists can use various toxic chemicals from chemical industry, agriculture or products released from terrorist acts on industrial facilities. The arsenal of chemical agents that can be used as terrorist agents is practically unlimited. The focus of this workshop was assessment of scientific concepts and practical means for management of chemical agent casualties in the area of terrorist attack with emphasis on improving the medical treatment and decontamination. These problems were analyzed from an interdisciplinary perspective. The primary objective of the ARW was to provide countries in which chemical-defense systems are currently under development with the experience and expertise of those that are more advanced and/or have already been exposed and responded to a chemical-terrorist attack. . The main areas covered were: 1. new approaches in pre-treatment and prophylaxis of nerve agent intoxication; 2. diagnosis of exposure to chemical agents ; 3. therapy of chemical agent intoxication; 4. development of personal decontamination; 5. decontamination of intoxication with chemical agents.

• AINS
• Chemical Terrorism
• Terrorist
• biomonitoring
• epidemiology
• kinetics
• research
• safety
• terrorism
• toxicology

• Military Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria

  Christophor Dishovsky

• Ukrainian State University of Chemical Engineering, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

  Alexander Pivovarov

• TNO Prins Mauritis Laboratory, Rijswijk, The Netherlands

  Hendrik Benschop

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