Making Sense of Disaster Medicine: A Hands-on Guide for Medics

Informationen zum Autor Dr James IDM Matheson MBBS, BA (Hons), Academic Foundation Programme, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Catastrophes & Conflict Forum, Royal Society of Medicine, Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine, Society of Apothecaries, London Professor Alan Hawley, OBE QHP, Professor of Disaster Medicine, Professor of Disaster Studies and Director of the Disasters and Resilience Centre, University of Glamorgan Klappentext Disaster medicine encompasses the medical response to mass casualty incidents including rail! air and road traffic accidents! domestic terrorism and pandemic outbreaks! as well as the global issues of conflict and natural catastrophe. Where once this area was regarded as a niche interest of those wishing to carry out humanitarian assistance abroad! now it is to be a nationally-regulated field with intercollegiate support and a firm academic basis. Making Sense of Disaster Medicine is the first introductory text of its kind where leaders in the field provide targeted insights to make sense of this broad and exciting field of medicine; it provides essential reading for all medical students and professionals who may find themselves responding to incidents on the scale of the 7 July 2005 terrorist bomb blasts in London! or the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami. Zusammenfassung The essential guide for all practising medical students and medics who may find themselves responding to incidents on the scale of the 7 July 2005 terrorist bomb blasts in London, and the Lockerbie air disaster of 1988. Inhaltsverzeichnis Disaster medicine: Evolution of a specialty The medical response to domestic terrorism and major incident management Managing national mass casualty incidents Classification of disasters Pre- and post-deployment Medicine in the field Surgery in disasters Psychological aspects of conflict and catastrophe Marginalized groups in disasters Healthcare in refugee populations The realities of war The hazards of the job The ethics of Disaster Medicine Electives in the developing world ...

Autorentext

Dr James IDM Matheson MBBS, BA (Hons), Academic Foundation Programme, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Catastrophes & Conflict Forum, Royal Society of Medicine, Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine, Society of Apothecaries, London

Professor Alan Hawley, OBE QHP, Professor of Disaster Medicine, Professor of Disaster Studies and Director of the Disasters and Resilience Centre, University of Glamorgan

Klappentext

Disaster medicine encompasses the medical response to mass casualty incidents including rail, air and road traffic accidents, domestic terrorism and pandemic outbreaks, as well as the global issues of conflict and natural catastrophe. Where once this area was regarded as a niche interest of those wishing to carry out humanitarian assistance abroad, now it is to be a nationally-regulated field with intercollegiate support and a firm academic basis. Making Sense of Disaster Medicine is the first introductory text of its kind where leaders in the field provide targeted insights to make sense of this broad and exciting field of medicine; it provides essential reading for all medical students and professionals who may find themselves responding to incidents on the scale of the 7 July 2005 terrorist bomb blasts in London, or the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

Zusammenfassung
The essential guide for all practising medical students and medics who may find themselves responding to incidents on the scale of the 7 July 2005 terrorist bomb blasts in London, and the Lockerbie air disaster of 1988.

Inhalt

Disaster medicine: Evolution of a specialty
The medical response to domestic terrorism and major incident management
Managing national mass casualty incidents
Classification of disasters
Pre- and post-deployment
Medicine in the field
Surgery in disasters
Psychological aspects of conflict and catastrophe
Marginalized groups in disasters
Healthcare in refugee populations
The realities of war
The hazards of the job
The ethics of Disaster Medicine
Electives in the developing world