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Best Practices: Emergency Medical Management To Hydrazine Exposure, M. Bradley Brough

Master of Public Health Program Student Publications

Objective: Hydrazine is a toxic industrial chemical with significant health risk. It is commonly used in aerospace technologies as a propellant fuel source for rockets and aircraft. The purpose of this project was to perform a comparative analysis of the emergency algorithms at United States Air Force installations where occupational hydrazine exposure may occur and then create a best practices approach for medical responders.

Methods: After review of current Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards and requirements for hydrazine, six United States Air Force Medical Group installation response protocols were analyzed and compared to each other and to current medical …