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Probably worthwhile raising people's awareness of toxidromes, and how physicians try to recognize and think through these syndromes. There is a fantastic review
by carbocation 8y ago
Probably worthwhile raising people's awareness of toxidromes, and how physicians try to recognize and think through these syndromes. There is a fantastic review article out this past year that helps to concisely put things together to improve your ability to distinguish nerve agents, mustard agents, etc. Quick recognition of the likely class of agent based on symptoms is important, because the treatments (and the risks to responders) differ.
Original at https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1705224 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1705224
Full repost hosted presumably by one of the authors at http://www.dickyricky.com/Medicine/Papers/2018_04_26%20NEJM%20Toxidrome%20Recognition%20in%20Chemical-Weapons%20Attacks.pdf http://www.dickyricky.com/Medicine/Papers/2018_04_26%20NEJM%...
- aaron695 8y agoI'd probably start with learning CPR and how to deal with wounds. You can pretend it's for when you get shot as a spy (Like the three in the story) but also use it for boring everyday things like car accidents. As for physicians, I'd work on getting them to just wash their hands correctly, a lot of needless deaths there. But Chemical-Weapons Attacks are fun too, I just wouldn't say it's on the list of important things to learn, more on the fun side.