Handbook of Disaster Medicine

by de Boer,Jan; de Boer,Jan

• ISBN13: 9789067643160
• ISBN10: 9067643165
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Technological development has not only provided mankind with more prosperity, but with increased destructive power as well. These developments, combined with an explosive growth of the world population, have led to mass casualty situations, varying from traffic accidents to war. In the 20th Century over 200 million people were killed as a result of man-made disasters --- a figure unequalled in the history of mankind. It is not surprising, therefore, that a new medical discipline has emerged: disaster medicine. The realization that disasters have effects which cross the traditional boundaries of medical specialisms and nationality, led to the foundation of the International Society of Disaster Medicine (ISDM), which issued an international curriculum on education and training in disaster medicine. As a logical consequence the ISDM decided to develop its curriculum into a handbook, now available to the global community of disaster medicine specialists. This Handbook of Disaster Medicine contains contributions from international experts in the field and will be of value and interest to a wide variety of professionals in the discipline of disaster medicine and management. Co-published with Van der Wees Uitgeverij, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
List of contributors
Medical Care
Surgery and Traumatology: Surgical Management of Severely Injured Patients when Resources are Limited	p. 3
Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation	p. 43
Chemical Injuries	p. 63
Communicable Diseases	p. 99
Mental Health	p. 115
Radiation Injuries	p. 141
Public Health
Epidemiology	p. 159
Environmental Health	p. 169
Nutrition	p. 183
Disaster Management
Definition, Classification and Scoring of Disasters	p. 227
Order in the Chaos: Modelling Medical Management in Disasters	p. 239
Emergency Preparedness	p. 253
Community Risk Management	p. 263
Co-Ordination - Communication - Command	p. 275
Pre-Hospital Care	p. 289
Advanced Medical Post	p. 311
Triage	p. 323
Hospital Disaster Procedure	p. 337
Medical Management of Crowd Gathering	p. 347
EMS Support of Executive Protection and Counter-Terrorism Operations	p. 359
Information and the Media	p. 383
Rehabilitation	p. 399
Management of Displaced Persons and Refugees	p. 407
International Assistance	p. 425
The Role of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Disaster Management	p. 437
Psychological and Physical Abuse: Torture - A Man-Made Disaster	p. 451
EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement	p. 461
Education and Training
Education and Training	p. 481
Glossary of New Concepts in Disaster Medicine	p. 497
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