SHORT REPORT
Exposure to a First World War blistering agent
United States Air Force, Flight Medicine Clinic and Family Practice Clinic, 436th Medical Group, Dover AFB, USA
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Harrison Le
436 ADOS/SGGF, 300 Tuskegee Blvd, Dover AFB, DE 19902, USA; harrison.le{at}dover.af.mil
Sulfur mustards act as vesicants and alkylating agents. They have been used as chemical warfare since 1917 during the first world war. This brief report illustrates the progression of injury on a primary exposed patient to a first world war blistering agent. This case documents the rapid timeline and progression of symptoms. It emphasises the importance of appropriate personal protective equipment and immediate medical response plan with rapid decontamination and proper action from military and civilian medical treatment facilities. This case reports the first US active duty military exposure to a blistering agent in the age of global terrorism.
Abbreviations: H, sulfur mustard; HD, distilled sulfur mustard; HT, combination sulfur mustard; USAMRICD, US Army Medical ResearchInstitute of Chemical Defense
Keywords: vesicant; sulfur mustard; mustard gas; blistering agent; decontamination
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Emerg. Med. J. 2006 23: 243.
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