Medical disaster response : a survival guide for hospitals in mass casualty events / editors, David Goldschmitt and Robert Bonvino.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2009.Description: p. ; cmISBN:

9781420061222 (hardcover : alk. paper)

DDC classification:

363.34 22

LOC classification:

RA975.D57 M43 2009

Contents:

Sect. I. Background and Philosophy -- Sect. II. Firsthand Accounts -- Sect. III. Disaster Management-Parameters -- Sect. IV. Disaster Management-Clinical Issues -- Sect. V. Disaster Management-Non-Clinical Issues -- Sect. VI. Recovery Strategies -- Sect. VII. Special Circumstances -- Sect. VIII. Appendices.

Subject: This book addresses the critical medical planning and response issues involved in a mass casualty disaster before, during, and after the event. It presents a comprehensive medical disaster management plan that provides readers with a framework to develop individual policies to suit their particular institution. The book offers a powerful and unique case example through a chronology of the events of September 11th, offering a firsthand account and insight into the quintessential test case for disaster response effectiveness. It also profiles other well-known events as seen through the eyes of the expert contributors who witnessed and participated in the medical response to these tragedies

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book addresses the critical medical planning and response issues involved in a mass casualty disaster before, during, and after the event. It presents a comprehensive medical disaster management plan that provides readers with a framework to develop individual policies to suit their particular institution. The book offers a powerful and unique case example through a chronology of the events of September 11th, offering a firsthand account and insight into the quintessential test case for disaster response effectiveness. It also profiles other well-known events as seen through the eyes of the expert contributors who witnessed and participated in the medical response to these tragedies

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