Ciottone's Disaster Medicine E-Book

Gregory R. Ciottone

Description

The most comprehensive resource of its kind, Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine, 2nd Edition, thoroughly covers isolated domestic events as well as global disasters and humanitarian crises. Dr. Gregory Ciottone and more than 200 worldwide authorities share their knowledge and expertise on the preparation, assessment, and management of both natural and man-made disasters, including terrorist attacks and the threat of biological warfare. Part 1 offers an A-to-Z resource for every aspect of disaster medicine and management, while Part 2 features an exhaustive compilation of every conceivable disaster event, organized to facilitate quick reference in a real-time setting.

• Quickly grasp key concepts, including identification of risks, organizational preparedness, equipment planning, disaster education and training, and more advanced concepts such as disaster risk reduction, tactical EMS, hazard vulnerability analysis, impact of disaster on children, and more.
• Understand the chemical and biologic weapons known to exist today, as well as how to best manage possible future events and scenarios for which there is no precedent.
• Consult this title on your favorite e-reader.

• Be prepared for man-made disasters with new sections that include Topics Unique to Terrorist Events and High-Threat Disaster Response and Operational Medicine (covering tactical and military medicine).
• Get a concise overview of lessons learned by the responders to recent disasters such as the earthquake in Haiti, Hurricane Sandy, the 2014 Ebola outbreak, and active shooter events like Sandy Hook, CT and Aurora, CO.
• Learn about the latest technologies such as the use of social media in disaster response and mobile disaster applications.
• Ensure that everyone on your team is up-to-date with timely topics, thanks to new chapters on disaster nursing, crisis leadership, medical simulation in disaster preparedness, disaster and climate change, and the role of non-governmental agencies (NGOs) in disaster response – a critical topic for those responding to humanitarian needs overseas.
• Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Sujets

• Médecine
• Médecine d'urgence
• Médecine Générale
• Sport
• Autres sports
• Emergency Medicine
• Medical

Informations

• Publié par: Elsevier
• Date de parution: 24 septembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9780323358460
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Ciottone’s Disaster Medicine
Second Edition
Gregory R. Ciottone, MD, FACEP
Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Fellowship in Disaster Medicine
Director, Disaster Preparedness Program, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Associate Editors
Paul D. Biddinger, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Robert G. Darling, MD
Saleh Fares, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FACEP, FAAEM
Mark E. Keim, MD, MBA
Michael Sean Molloy, MB, Dip SpMed (RCSI), EMDM, MFSEM(UK), FCEM, FFSEM (RCSI)
Selim Suner, MD, MS, FACEP
Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Associate Editors
Section Editors
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Part I: Overview of Disaster Management
Chapter 1: Introduction to Disaster Medicine
The disaster cycle
Natural and human-made disasters
Defining disaster
Disaster medicine
Section One: Introduction
Chapter 2: Public Health and Disasters
Introduction to public health
Public health consequences of disasters
Public health and the disaster-management cycle
Public health in national disaster frameworks: the case of the united states
National disaster recovery framework
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Role of Emergency Medical Services in Disaster Management and Preparedness
Historical perspective
EMS internationally
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 4: Role of Emergency Medicine in Disaster Management
Historical perspective
Current practice
Organization of the Emergency Department during a Disaster
When the Number of Victims Begins to Wind Down
Conclusion
Pitfalls
Chapter 5: Disaster Nursing
Historical perspective
Current practice
Nursing roles within disaster response
Pitfalls
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Role of Hospitals in a Disaster
Historical perspective
Current practice
Elements of comprehensive hospital preparedness for disasters
Education and Training
Pitfalls
Summary
Chapter 7: Complex Emergencies
Characterization of complex emergencies
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Summary
Chapter 8: Disaster and Climate Change
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Summary
Chapter 9: Children and Disaster
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 10: Psychological Impact of Disaster on Displaced Populations and Refugees of Multiple Traumas
Postmigration and adjustment of traumatized refugees in host nations
Level of exposure to violence and human disaster versus vulnerabilities of displacement
Disaster and mental health triage of refugees and suggested therapeutic approaches
Unaccompanied children, women, and displaced refugee families
National and international policies on asylum seekers, displaced populations, and refugees of multiple trauma
Concluding remarks on a refugee being in an unfamiliar, unknown host surrounding
Chapter 11: Ethical Issues in Disaster Medicine
Historical perspective
Current practice
Conclusion
Pitfalls
Chapter 12: Issues of Liability in Emergency Response
Acknowledgments
Historical perspective
Current practice
Patient rights
Nondiscriminatory response
Regulatory violations
Summary
Pitfalls
Section Two: Domestic and International Resources
Chapter 13: Disaster Response in the United States
Historical perspective
Current concepts of disaster response
Summary
Chapter 14: Disaster Response in Europe
Historical perspective
Contemporary era and current practice
Chapter 15: Local Disaster Response
Local governance
Supporting organizations and capabilities
Local resources
Local response concepts of operations
Issues in local response
Summary
Chapter 16: State Disaster Response: Systems and Programs
State and local emergency management organization
State departments of health and health functions
Specific public health and medical programs
Emergency functions
Summary
Chapter 17: Selected Federal Disaster Response Agencies and Capabilities
Principal federal agencies
Issues in federal response to disasters
Summary
Chapter 18: Global Disaster Response
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 19: Nongovernmental Organizations in Disaster Medicine
Historical perspective
Current practice
Challenges
Coordination
Future perspective
Conclusion
Chapter 20: Disaster and Emergency Management Programs
What Is Disaster and Emergency Management?
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Section Three: Pre-Event Topics
Chapter 21: Emergency Department Design
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Conclusion
Chapter 22: Community Hazard Vulnerability Assessment
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Conclusion
Chapter 23: Health Care Facility Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Conclusion
Chapter 24: Public Information Management
Media history
Media and disasters
Current practices
Pitfalls of managing public information
Conclusion
Chapter 25: Informatics and Telecommunications in Disaster
Historical perspective 1
Current practice
Summary
Chapter 26: Medical Simulation in Disaster Preparedness
Historical perspective
Educational theory in simulation
Types of simulators
Use of simulation in disaster preparedness
The future simulation in disaster planning
Chapter 27: Disaster Mitigation
Hyogo framework for action
Engaging the Whole Community
Introduction of mitigation in the united states
Goals and concepts of mitigation
Recent historical perspective
Current practice
New hampshire critical care and supplemental oxygen program (NHCCSOP)
Common pitfalls
Conclusion
Chapter 28: Disaster Risk Management
Overview of disaster risk management
Summary
Chapter 29: Vaccines
Acknowledgment
Historical background
Immunity
Vaccines
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 30: Occupational Medicine: An Asset in Time of Crisis
Chapter 31: Worker Health and Safety in Disaster Response
Planning and training
Management of workers involved in disaster response
Occupations involved in disaster response
Chapter 32: Disaster Preparedness
Definition
Historical perspective
Current practice
Disaster preparedness pitfalls
The future of disaster preparedness
Chapter 33: Policy Issues in Disaster Preparedness and Response
The ethical view for the scientist
Evacuation orders: “you may want to heed this advice for your own good”
An outbreak and the emergency medical treatment and labor act: patient care ensured
Smallpox vaccinations: think before you act
Legislating public health
The direction from here
Chapter 34: Mutual Aid
The mutual aid concept
Historical perspective
Current practice
Operational pitfalls
Summary
Chapter 35: Patient Surge
Historical perspective
Current practice
Developing useful indicators and triggers
Pitfalls
Conclusion
Section Four: Event-Response Topics
Chapter 36: Accidental versus Intentional Event
Historical persepctive
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 37: Crisis Leadership in Public Health Emergencies
Historical perspective
Current practice
Common attributes of crisis leaders
Pitfalls and soulutions
Chapter 38: The Incident Command System
Historical perspective
Current practice
PITFALLS
Chapter 39: Scene Safety and Situational Awareness in Disaster Response
Historical perspective
Current practice
Scene safety at the disaster site
Pitfalls
Chapter 40: Needs Assessment
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 41: Operations and Logistics
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Conclusion
Chapter 42: Disaster Communications
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Summary
Chapter 43: Mobile Disaster Applications
Form factors
Thin versus thick client
Patient identification
Patient tracking
Cell service and internet disruption
Resource management
Pitfalls
Summary
Chapter 44: The Role of Social Media in Disasters
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 45: Volunteers and Donations
Drug donations
Historical perspective: drug dontations
Current practice: drug donations
Blood donations
Disaster volunteerism
Historical perspective: volunteerism
Current practice: volunteerism
Chapter 46: Personal Protective Equipment
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls and ongoing challenges
Chapter 47: Role of Bystanders in Disasters
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 48: Surveillance
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 49: Geographic Information Systems in Crises
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 50: Management of Mass Fatalities
Historical Perspective
Current Practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 51: Disaster Management of Animals
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Section Five: Mechanical Operations in Disasters
Chapter 52: Urban Search and Rescue
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 53: Medical Care in Remote Areas
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 54: Triage
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 55: Patient-Tracking Systems in Disasters
Historical perspective
Current practice
The future
Pitfalls
Chapter 56: Infectious Disease in a Disaster Zone
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Chapter 57: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment in Disasters
Historical perspective
Current practice
Pitfalls
Summary
Section Six: Post-Event Topics
Chapter 58: Displaced Populations
Refugees
Internally displaced persons
Priorities for a displaced population
Initial evaluation
Measles and tuber