Chemical Burns (cont.)
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Author: Bryon K McNeil, MD, Medical Director, Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Via-Christ Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.Coauthor(s): David Jaslow, MD, MPH, Director of Emergency Medicine Service, Director of Disaster Medicine, Temple University Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Temple University.
Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jerry Balentine, DO, Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Saint Barnabas Hospital.
Last Editorial Review: 8/10/2005
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Acids are defined as proton donors (H+), and bases are defined as proton acceptors (OH-).

