Ciottone's Disaster Medicine, 2nd Edition
Hardcover
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- 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.
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- 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.
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1. Introduction to Disaster Medicine
Section 1: Introduction
2. Public Health and Disasters
3. The Role of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Disaster Management and Preparedness
4. Role of Emergency Medicine in Disaster Management
5. Disaster Nursing
6. The Role of Hospitals in Disaster
7. Complex Emergencies
8. Disaster and Climate Change
9. Children and Disaster
10. Psychological Impact of Disaster on Displaced Populations and Refugees of Multiple Traumas
11. Ethical Issues in Disaster Medicine
12. Issues of Liability in Emergency Response
Section 2: Domestic and International Resources
13. Disaster Response in the United States
14. Disaster Response in Europe
15. Local Disaster Response
16. State Disaster Response: Systems and Programs
17. Selected Federal Disaster Response Agencies and Capabilities
18. Global Disaster Response
19. Non-Governmental Organizations in Disaster Medicine
20. Disaster and Emergency Management Programs
Section 3: Pre-Event Topics
21. Emergency Department Design
22. Community Hazard Vulnerability Assessment
23. Health Care Facility Hazard and Vulnerability Analysis
24. Public Information Management
25. Informatics and Telecommunications in Disaster
26. Medical Simulation in Disaster Preparedness
27. Disaster Mitigation
28. Disaster Risk Management
29. Vaccines
30. Occupational Medicine: An Asset in Time of Crisis
31. Worker Health and Safety in Disaster Response
32. Disaster Preparedness
33. Policy Issues in Disaster Preparedness and Response
34. Mutual Aid
35. Patient Surge
Section 4: Event-Response Topics
36. Accidental versus Intentional Event
37. Crisis Leadership in Public Health Emergencies
38. The Incident Command System
39. Scene Safety and Situational Awareness in Disaster Response
40. Needs Assessment
41. Operations and Logistics
42. Disaster Communications
43. Mobile Disaster Applications
44. The Role of Social Media in Disasters
45. Volunteers and Donations
46. Personal Protective Equipment
47. Role of Bystanders in Disasters
48. Surveillance
49. Geographic Information Systems in Crises
50. Management of Mass Fatalities
51. Disaster Management of Animals
Section 5: Mechanical Operations in Disasters
52. Urban Search and Rescue
53. Medical Care in Remote Areas
54. Triage
55. Patient Tracking Systems in Disasters
56. Infectious Disease in a Disaster Zone
57. Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment in Disasters
Section 6: Post-Event Topics
58. Displaced Populations
59. Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
60. Disaster Education and Research
61. Practical Applications of Disaster Epidemiology
62. Measures of Effectiveness in Disaster Management
Section 7: Topics Unique to Terrorist Events and High-Threat Disaster Response
63. Lessons Learned as a Result of Terrorist Attacks
64. The Psychology of Terrorism
65. Thinking Outside the Box: Health Service Support Considerations in the Era of Asymmetrical Threats
66. Integrated Response to Domestic Terrorism
67. Multimodality, Layered Attack
68. Active Shooter Response
69. Hostage Taking
70. Civil Unrest and Rioting
71. Introduction to Explosions and Blasts
72. Suicide Bomber
73. Improvised Explosive Devices
74. Vehicle Borne Improvised Devices
75. Conventional Explosions at a Mass Gathering
76. Nuclear Disaster Management
77. Dirty Bomb (Radiologic Dispersal Device)
78. General Approach to Chemical Attack
79. Biologic Attack
80. Future Biologic and Chemical Weapons
81. Directed-Energy Weapons
82. Chemical, Biologic, Radiological, and Nuclear Quarantine
83. Chemical Decontamination
84. Radiation Decontamination
Section 8: Operational Medicine
85. Military Lessons Learned for Disaster Response
86. Integration of Law Enforcement and Military Resources with Emergency Response to a Terrorist Incident
87. Tactical EMS
88. Medical Beyond The Barricade
89. Operational Rescue
90. Operations Security, Site Security and Incident Response
91. Medical Intelligence
92. Preventative Medicine for Responders in High Threat Environments
Section 9: Natural Disasters
93. Introduction to Natural Disasters
94. Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons
95. Earthquake
96. Tornado
97. Flood
98. Tsunami
99. Heat Wave
100. Winter Storm
101. Volcanic Eruption
102. Famine
103. Landslides
104. Avalanche
Section 10: Nuclear/Radiation Events
105. Introduction to Nuclear and Radiologic Disasters
106. Nuclear Detonation
107. Radiation Accident - Isolated Exposure
108. Radiation Accident - Dispersed Exposure
109. Nuclear Power Plant Meltdown
Section 11: Chemical Events
110. Introduction to Chemical Disasters
111. Industrial Chemical Disasters
112. Nerve Agent Mass Casualty Incidents
113. Vesicant Agent Attack
114. Respiratory Agent Mass Casualty Incident (Toxic Inhalational Injury)
115. Cyanide Attack
116. Antimuscarinic Agent Attack
117. Mass Casualty Incidents from LSD, Other Indoles, and Phenylethylamine Derivative
118. Opioid Agent Attack
119. Hydrofluoric Acid Mass Casualty Incident
120. Mass Casualties from Riot-Control Agents
121. Cholinergic Agent Attack (Nicotine, Epibatidine, and Anatoxin-a)
122. Anesthetic-Agent
Mass casualty Incident
Section 12: Biologic Events: Introduction
123. Introduction to Biologic Agents and Pandemics
Section 12: Biologic Events, Part 1: Bacterial Agents
124. Bacillus Anthracis (Anthrax) Attack
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Gregory R. Ciottone, MD, FACEP, FFSEM, Director, Division of Disaster Medicine, BIDMC, Director, Disaster Medicine Fellowship Program, BIDMC, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Instructor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, President, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Paul D Biddinger, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Vice Chairman for Emergency Preparedness, Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, MGH and Partners Healthcare, Director, Harvard School of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Exercise Program (EPREP) Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Senior Preparedness Fellow, Harvard TS Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, Robert G. Darling, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Patronus Medical Corporation, Ashburn, Virginia; Assistant Professor, Military and Emergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, Saleh Fares, MD, MPH, FRCPC, FACEP, FAAEM, Mark E Keim, MD, MBA, Associate Director for Science, Office for Environmental Health Emergencies, National Center for Environmental Health, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, Michael S Molloy, MB, Dip SpMed (RCSI), EMDM, FCEM, MFSEM(UK), FFSEM (IRL), Research Director, Dublin, Ireland and Selim Suner, MD, MS, FACEP, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Surgery and Engineering; Director, Division of Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness, Department of Emergency Medicine; Director,, Brown Advanced Emergency Medicine Academies (BAEMA), Department of Emergency Medicine, Director, Fellowship Program in Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness, Division of Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness, Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
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