PGDs for use in case of biological or chemical incidents are now available at
http://www.doh.gov.uk/epcu/pgd.htm
<<EPCU have developed PGDs for the chemical and biological countermeasures and these are now available below. Other PGDs will be published on this page as they are developed. We are in the process of developing a training strategy but in the meantime you may find the PGDs useful in your emergency planning.
Patient Group Directions (PGDs) are all available in Portable Document Format (PDF)
a.. Atropine (file size: 39.9kb)
b.. Pralidoxime Mesylate (P2S) (file size: 48.1kb)
Obidoxime Chloride (file size:39.90kb)
Dicobalt Edetate (file size: 40.9kb)
c.. Glucose Injection 50% (file size: 38.5kb)
Potassium Iodate (file size: 44kb)
Ciprofloxacin (file size: 35.8kb)
d.. Doxycycline (file size: 35.6kb) >>
Other details for dealing with these types of incidents are available at
http://www.nelh-ec.warwick.ac.uk/delibrel.html
Matthew Cooke
National electronic Library for Health (Emergency care)
www.nelh.nhs.uk/emergency
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