The Medical Management in Patients Exposed to Weapons of Mass Destruction

Launched by ST. JUSTINE'S HOSPITAL · Aug 23, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

This is an ongoing multicentric observational study that aims to assess the medical response to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive (cbrne) events during the last five (5) decades (i.e.: 1970-2020), and in any future cbrne attack that might occur within the next 15 years (i.e.: 2021-2036). Of note, the data collection will be performed retrospectively and after sites review ethic board (REB) approval.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • i. a CBRNE attack caused at least one casualty who required the assistance of the participating health care system (e.g.: physicians, nurses, paramedics and other health-care specialists of a medical facility) during a medical extraction from the incident site until admission to a medical facility;
• • ii. Patients are eligible if they were exposed to the CBRNE attack;
• • iii. Medical information concerning the CBRNE exposures, even if partial, is accessible to health care professionals for the purposes of filling out the online case report form (eCRF);
• • iv. Participants must be able to complete the online case report form in English; and
• • v. The approval of an Ethics Review Board is obtained by each medical centre participant.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • A negative response to any of the inclusion criteria results in an exclusion.