The Management of mass burn casualties and fire disasters : proceedings of the First International Conference on Burns and Fire Disasters.

The First International Conference on Burns and Fire Disasters -- Thermal agent disaster and fire disaster : definition, damage, assessment and relief operations -- The scientific basis of disaster medicine -- Overcoming the mythology of disaster -- Analysis of severe fire disasters -- Fire disasters in Osaka -- Lessons from the Dublin 1981 fire catastrophe -- Forest fires and the danger to fire-fighters -- Forest fires in Sicily -- Safety regulations in high-risk industries -- The situation in petrochemical plants in Sicily -- Domestic fire problems in Third World countries -- Domestic burns in children caused by butane gas explosion -- Accidents due to electricity and burns -- A statistical analysis of events occurring at the National Electricity Energy Board during the period 1988-1989 -- Fire in port -- Fire on board ship -- Marine fire casualties in merchant ships : the Greek statistics -- Fire services at a motor racing track -- Fire prevention countermeasures for cultural properties in Nara City -- Immediate assistance and first aid on the spot in fire disasters : education of the public and self-sufficiency training -- Health education in disaster medicine -- System of postgraduate training in burn emergencies in Prague -- Training of specialists for burn care in Turkey -- The organization of safety and fire prevention in a multidisciplinary research centre -- Personal protective equipment in operations involving burn risks : theory and practice -- Risks and protection of fire-fighters in forests : an outline -- Problems of search and rescue in disasters -- Planning of rescue work in mass fire disasters : the Paris Red Plan -- Field logistical organization in the Italian Army Medical Corps -- The commitment of the Italian Army Medical Corps to relief of the civilian population in the event of public disasters -- The organization of the Italian Army Medical Corps in relation to contributions to civil defence in the event of disasters -- The use of aircraft in fire disasters : the Italian Air Force Medical Corps in burn emergencies -- Infobrul : the value of a telematic databank for burns and burns centres in the event of a disaster -- Organizational criteria for setting up a field hospital after a fire disaster -- Clinical fire and protocol for general doctors and for non-specialized hospital doctors to assist burn pateints -- Medical care of mass burn victims : the Vishnevsky principles and organization in the Ufa disaster -- On-site treatment of severely burned patients -- The early cooling of burns -- Therapeutic kit and procedures for fluid resuscitation in disasters -- Ready-to-use emergency kit for treatment of severe burns : definition and specifications -- Physiopathology for burn disease during air evacuation -- The use of helicopters in integrated rescue work and medical transport -- Rescue of the burn patient and on-site medical assistance by a helicopter rescue service -- The burn patient and medically assisted helicopter transport -- The ARGO satellite system : a network for severe burns and disasters -- The Italian Army Medical Corps in the field : flexibility of mobile organization; Burn treatment facilities in Turkey -- The establishment of a burns centre at a general hospital : the Naples experience -- Cyanide compounds in fire gas toxicity and the role of hydroxycobalamin -- Early management of the critically burned patient -- Psychological reactions in fire disaster emergencies : hypotheses and operational guidelines -- Prevention and treatment of acute renal failure in the severely burned patient -- Early and late immunological changes in burn patients -- An approach to the management of hand burns using semipermeable membranes -- Care of traumatic tattoos associated with gunpowder explosions and blast burns -- Clinical technology in small hospitals -- Mass media and serious emergencies -- The mass media and fire disasters : information according to medical and psychological criteria -- The role of