Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine A Practical Guide /
Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide 3e follows its successful predecessors in providing a framework for use by health professionals visiting a resource-constrained environment. Aimed at health professionals, Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide 3e encompasses problem...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer London : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. 2014. |
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Table of Contents:
- Section 1: The Disaster and Conflict Environment
- 1. New Paradigms: The World in the 21st Century- European Perspective
- 2. New Paradigms: The World in the 21st Century- A US Perspective
- 3. The Spectrum of Conflict
- 4. The Players- Humanitarian Organisations and their Coordination in Humanitarian Assistance
- 5. The Players- Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) in the Humanitarian Space
- 6. Medical Ethics in Disasters
- 7. Medicine at High Altitudes
- 8. Medical Support of Special Operations
- 9. Terrorism 101
- Section 2: Disasters, Public Health, and Populations
- 10. Disasters: An Overview
- 11. Disasters: The London Bombings, 7th July 2005: Forward Medical Response
- 12. Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: Health Needs Assessment and Priorities for Intervention
- 13. Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: The Role of Health System Levers in Response, Recovery and Rebuilding to Protect Population Health
- 14. Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: Health Planning in Action "Operation Phoenix": A British Medical Aid Program to Sarajevo
- 15.Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: Health Care of Prisoners and Detainees
- 16. Standards of Care in Catastrophic Emergencies
- 17. Program Management and Assessment
- 18. Surveillance and Control of Communicable Disease in Conflicts and Disasters
- 19. The Sword of Damocles: Whither the Next Pandemic
- Section 3: Living and Working in Austere Environments
- 20. Getting there and Being Involved: Getting Involved
- 21. Getting there and Being Involved: Team Building and Maintenance
- 22. Safety and Security: Staying Safe and Effective- In a Humanitarian Context (Or as Safe as is Reasonably Possible When You Know You Should Have Stayed at Home!)
- 23. Safety and Security: Thinking Ballistic- Aspects of Protection
- 24. Safety and Security: Mines and Weapons Awareness
- 25. Safety and Security: Health Risk Management- A Tool for Planning Force Health Protection
- 26. Applied Communications for Medical Professionals in Conflict and Catastrophe Situations
- 27. Psychosocial and Mental Health Care for the Deployed Staff of Rescue, Professional First Response and Aid Agencies, NGOs and Military Organisations
- Section 4: Hospitals and Health Systems
- 28. Conflict Recovery: Health Systems in Transition
- 29. Eating an Elephant: Intervening in Hospitals- Pristina
- 30. Military Medical Contribution to Indigenous (Military and Civilian) Health Sector Development (HSD) within Security and Stabilisation Operations
- 31. Military Health Services Support in Conflict
- 32. Evacuation and Transportation
- 33. Deployed Field Hospitals in the 21st Century
- Section 5: Clinical Care
- 34. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: A. Introduction- Scene-Setting.- 35. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Triage and Acute Care
- 36. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Ballistics and Blast
- 37. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Tropical Diseases
- 38. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Climate: Hot and Cold- An Aide
- 39. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Envenomations- Bites and Stings
- 40. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Head Injury
- 41. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Dental, Maxillofacial, Eye, and ENT
- 42. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Abdominal Complaints and Acute Surgical Emergencies
- 43. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Soft Tissues and Skeleton
- 44. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Surgery in the Tropics
- 45. Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Anaesthesia and Analgesia.- 46. Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Casualty Management Principles
- 47. Women's Health
- 48. The Care of Children in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and Disasters
- 49. The Psychosocial and Mental Health of People Who Are Affected by Conflict, Catastrophes, Terrorism, Adversity, and Displacement
- Section 6: Resources
- 50. Preparing to Deploy: Materials and Information
- 51. Rehabilitation Diagnostic Laboratories.- 52. Enablers and Confounders: Achieving the Mission
- 53. The Military Approach to Medical Planning
- 54. Accreditation in Field Medicine
- 55. Humanitarian Work in the Era of Modernising Medical Careers
- 56. Code of Behaviour.
