Disaster medicine. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Gregory R. Ciottone ; associate editors, Paul D. Biddinger, Robert G. Darling, Saleh Fares, Mark E. Keim, Michael S. Molloy, Selim Suner.
• Editors: Ciottone, Gregory R
• Contents: Front Cover; Inside Front Cover; Ciottone's Disaster Medicine; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Associate Editors; Section Editors; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Part I: Overview of Disaster Management; Chapter 1: Introduction to Disaster Medicine; The disaster cycle; Natural and human-made disasters; Defining disaster; Disaster medicine; References; Section One: Introduction; Chapter 2: Public Health and Disasters; Introduction to public health; Definition, Scope, and Achievements of Public Health; Public Health System and Infrastructure; Public Health Essential Services Public health consequences of disastersDirect Effect on the Health of Population; Direct Effect on the Health Care System; Indirect Effect on the Health of the Population; Indirect Effect on the Health Care System; Public health and the disaster-management cycle; Prevention and Mitigation; Preparedness; Response; Recovery; Public health in national disaster frameworks: the case of the united states; National Prevention Framework; National Mitigation Framework; National Response Framework; National Disaster Recovery Framework; Conclusion; References Chapter 3: Role of Emergency Medical Services in Disaster Management and PreparednessHistorical perspective; EMS internationally; Current practice; Pitfalls; References; Chapter 4: Role of Emergency Medicine in Disaster Management; Historical perspective; Current practice; Role of Emergency Medicine Specialists; Role of the ED in a Disaster; Organization of the Emergency Department during a Disaster; Initiate Procedures for Clearing Emergency Department Care Space for Incoming Patients; Set Up a Decontamination Area; Establishing Zones and Health Care Teams Assess Functionality of Emergency Department Tracking Systems for the Impending DisasterAlert and Organize Registration for the Incoming Victims; Organize Specialty Services in the Emergency Department; Management of Volunteer Providers; When the Number of Victims Begins to Wind Down; Emergency Medicine Preparedness and Training for Disasters; Conclusion; Pitfalls; References; Chapter 5: Disaster Nursing; Historical perspective; Current practice; Education and Principles of Disaster Nursing; Nursing Within the Disaster Cycle; Mitigation; Preparedness; Response; Recovery Nursing roles within disaster responsePitfalls; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Role of Hospitals in a Disaster; Historical perspective; Current practice; Public Expectation of Hospital Function; Elements of comprehensive hospital preparedness for disasters; Hospital Vulnerability; Structural Elements; Nonstructural Elements; Administrative and Organizational Elements; Hospital Safety Index; Hazard Vulnerability Analysis; Hospital Incidence Command System; Surge Capacity; Hospital Evacuation; Hospital Readiness for Hazardous Materials Emergencies; Education and Training
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 362.18; Disaster medicine; Disaster Planning -- methods; Bioterrorism -- prevention & control; Disaster Medicine -- methods; Disasters; Emergency Medical Services -- methods; Radioactive Hazard Release -- prevention & control; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; Disaster medicine; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323358460; 0323358462
• Related ISBNs: 9780323286657; 0323286658
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 4, 2015).
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