PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Le, HQ
AU  - Knudsen, S J
TI  - Exposure to a First World War blistering agent
AID  - 10.1136/emj.2005.032540
DP  - 2006 Apr 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 296--299
VI  - 23
IP  - 4
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/23/4/296.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/23/4/296.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2006 Apr 01; 23
AB  - 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.