RT Book, Section
A1 Gresham, Chip
A1 LoVecchio, Frank
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121513327
T1 Industrial Toxins
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121513327
RD 2024/04/19
AB A  hazardous  chemical  is  defined  by  the  U.S.  Occupational  Safety  and  Health  Administration  as  any  chemical  that  has  been  scientifically  shown  to  be  a  health  hazard  (causes  acute  or  chronic  health  effects)  or  a  physical  hazard  (combustible  liquid,  explosive,  flammable,  etc.).  This  federal  agency  estimates  that  there  are  575,000  chemicals  in  the  workplace,  with  53,000  being  potentially  hazardous.1  Considering  that  unplanned  exposures  and  contamination  can  occur  at  any  time  during  manufacturing,  transport,  storage,  usage,  or  disposal  of  these  chemicals,  inevitably,  emergency  physicians  can  expect  to  occasionally  be  responsible  for  the  management  and  care  of  a  hazardous  materials  patient  (see  chapter  5,  Disaster  Preparedness).2