Written by over 30 emergency physicians with first-hand experience at disasters, this volume is the first single comprehensive reference on disaster medicine. It provides the information that every emergency department needs to prepare for and handle the challenges of natural and manmade disasters. Coverage encompasses a wide range of situations, including floods, hurricanes, fires, famine, accidents, and acts of terrorism. The contributors present guidelines for assessing the affected population's health care needs, ...
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Written by over 30 emergency physicians with first-hand experience at disasters, this volume is the first single comprehensive reference on disaster medicine. It provides the information that every emergency department needs to prepare for and handle the challenges of natural and manmade disasters. Coverage encompasses a wide range of situations, including floods, hurricanes, fires, famine, accidents, and acts of terrorism. The contributors present guidelines for assessing the affected population's health care needs, establishing priorities, allocating resources, and treating individuals. Close attention is also given to the role of emergency medical services in disasters. Features: - Extensive listing of expected injuries and proper responses to natural and man made disasters. - The role of pharmaceutics in disasters. - Proper responses to biological warfare agents - Basic planning of natural disaster procedures and the subsequent triage and management of injuries
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With the focus of Western Medicine on high tech, individual care, the reality of an international crisis is unfamiliar to most clinicians. This book is an excellent introduction and resource into the realilty of the challenges of major disasters from the perspective of those who would seek to make an efficient intervention.
