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Document ID (ISN)23930
CIS number 75-2062
ISBN(s) 2-8011-0037-4
Year 1974
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Lefèvre M.J.
Title First-aid manual - Industrial non-pharmaceutical chemical substances
Original title Manuel de premiers soins d'urgence - Produits chimiques industriels non pharmaceutiques. [in French]
Bibliographic information Editions J. Duculot, B-5800 Gembloux, Belgium, 1974. 219p. Price: BF.340.00.
Abstract Handbook intended for the general public as well as for safety officers and others responsible for workers' safety (foremen, first-aid workers, firemen, chemists, agronomists, etc.). Contents: the first-aid worker's golden rule, first treat the dominant symptom which calls for immediate action (respiratory arrest, state of shock, eye or skin injury); alphabetical index of some 300 products among those most commonly used in the large-scale chemical industry and in agriculture, with reference to appended alphabetically classified data sheets for these products; description of poisoning symptoms by groups of chemicals, in order of appearance, for different routes of entry. Appendices: first-aid schedules in event of inhalation (yellow pages), ingestion (green), contact with the skin (pink); contact with the eyes (blue). General first-aid instructions for medical emergencies due to chemical poisoning terminate this manual.
Descriptors (primary) acute poisoning; first aid; emergency treatment; chemical products
Descriptors (secondary) toxic effects; agricultural chemicals; chemical industry; symptoms; skin injuries; inhalation; manuals; chemical burns; eye injuries; ingestion
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Medicine, hygiene and first aid
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) First aid and emergency organization