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9780521168007

International Disaster Nursing

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521168007

  • ISBN10:

    0521168007

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-05-24
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

The effects of a disaster on health care can range from conditions that immediately besiege the system with large numbers of patients, to catastrophes that strain its long-term sustainability. Nurses as frontline health professionals, must have an understanding of the situations they may face before, during and after a disaster and they must develop the skills and strategies to provide effective and immediate care. International Disaster Nursing is the first truly comprehensive and internationally focused resource to address the diversity of issues and myriad scenarios that nurses and other health personnel, could encounter during a disaster event. This text defines the many roles of the nurse within a multidisciplinary team, and aids the implementation of the community's disaster plans in a crisis. With an alarming increase in the occurrence of disasters in the last decade, International Disaster Nursing is the hallmark text in the field.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction to disasters and disaster nursing
Healthcare facility preparedness
Community response
First response
Disaster triage
Hospital impact: acute care
Hospital impact: immediate issues
Hospital impact: long term issues
Hospital impact: internal disasters
Incident command systems
Chemical preparedness/response
Biological preparedness/response
Radiation/nuclear preparedness/response
Explosive event preparedness/response
Decontamination
Populations with vulnerabilities and special needs
Pediatric care in disaster
Regional planning
US federal resources/response
International response
Japan disaster response
Israeli disaster response
Public health response
Pandemic planning
Health issues in humanitarian emergencies
Mental health in disasters
Disaster ethics
Disaster recovery
The Southeast Asian Tsunami-response overview
U.S. Hurricane Katrina-response review
Disaster nursing educational competencies
Disaster nursing research
Disaster research framework
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