Medical Response to Major Incidents and Disasters A Practical Guide for All Medical Staff /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lennquist, Sten (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Orthopedics.; Traumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Traumatic Surgery.; Emergency Medicine.; Surgical Orthopedics.

Disaster medicine is constantly gaining in importance owing to the impact of a variety of trends, including the rising global population, increased levels of travel, increasing production and transport of hazardous material, the development of global terrorism, and the increasing likelihood of disas...

Table of Contents:

• The major incident – definitions and demands on the health care system
• Major incidents: Examples and experiences
• The prehospital response
• Triage
• The hospital response
• Management of dead victims
• Incidents caused by physical trauma
• Incidents caused by fire and toxic gases
• Incidents in cold and wet environments
• Incidents caused by hazardous material
• Incidents caused by irradiation
• Infectious diseases and biological weapons
• Incidents caused by changes in nature and climate
• Combat casualty management
• Terrorist attacks on the civilian community
• Scoring systems related to outcome in severe injuries
• Psychological crisis support in major incidents
• Education  and training
• Methodological development and research.