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people injured with environmental toxins such as chemical leaks. Do notapproach or enter an area where the possibility of enviro ...

Radiation and Biochemical Injuries Acts of terrorism using radiation, biologic pathogens, and chemical toxins became a height- e ...

APPENDIXES I. Vital Signs II. Advance Directives III. Glossary of Medical Terms IV. Abbreviations and Symbols V. Medical Special ...

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APPENDIX I VITAL SIGNS Vital signs are the observable, objective measures of a person’s basic health status. The four standard v ...

APPENDIX II ADVANCE DIRECTIVES Advance directives are instructions a person pre- pares that state his or her desires and prefere ...

APPENDIX III GLOSSARY OF MEDICAL TERMS afferent Moving inward or toward the body’s center. anastomosisA natural or surgically cr ...

images during diagnostic or therapeutic proce- dures such as cardiac catheterization. fundusThe base or body of a hollow organ. ...

minutes and then measuring the amount of fluid the paper absorbs. scope of practice The legal, professional, and conventional re ...

APPENDIX IV ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS AA Alcoholics Anonymous ac before eating (ante cibum;Latin) ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormo ...

CVID common variable immunodeficiency CVS chorionic villi sampling D&C dilation and curettage (also dilatation and curettage ...

MAb (Mab) monoclonal antibody MAF macrophage-activating factor MALT mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue MD doctor of medicine MDMA ...

SPECT single photon emission computed tomography SPF sun protection factor SQ subcutaneous SSRI selective serotonin reuptake inh ...

APPENDIX V MEDICAL SPECIALTIES AND ALLIED HEALTH FIELDS MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND SPECIALTIES Practitioner Specialty Practitione ...

APPENDIX VI RESOURCES The resources cited in this section offer up-to-date treatment and research information. Most have access ...

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Parklawn Building 5600 Fish ...

US Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of Public Inquiries Windsor Park Building 6401 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD 2 ...

International Pemphigus Foundation The Atrium Plaza, Suite 210 828 San Pablo Avenue Albany, CA 94706 510-527-4970 http://www.pem ...

National Parkinson Foundation 1501 Northwest 9th Avenue/Bob Hope Road Miami, FL 33136-1494 00-327-4545 http://www.parkinson.org ...

National Headache Foundation 820 North Orleans, Suite 217 Chicago, IL 60610-3132 773-388-6399 / 888-NHF-5552 (888-643-5552) http ...