The Management of the Khan Al-Assal Chemical Attack in Aleppo University Hospital (AUH)

• 2018

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• M. Ihsan Kaadan; Hilarie Cranmer
PMID: 29409565DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2017.132

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This brief report provides a first hand account of the management of events in Aleppo University Hospital (AUH) on March 19, 2013 when Khan al-Assal was attacked with chemical weapons. In the hospital, 63 people were treated, with 14 civilian casualties (7 men, 6 women, and 1 child). This incident marked a disturbing trend of increased and more lethal attacks in Syria.

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Focus Areas: CBRNE; Trauma; Violence

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Physicians; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Chemical Warfare; Disaster Planning; Hospitals, University; Syria; Disease Management; Chemical Terrorism; Mass Casualty Incidents; Disaster Medicine

Institutions: Massachusetts General Hospital

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