Major incident medical management and support : the practical approach to pre-hospital incident command /

• Main Author: Wieteska, Susan
• Corporate Author: Advanced Life Support Group (Manchester, England)
• Other Authors: Mackway-Jones, Kevin
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
• Edition: 3rd ed. /
• Subjects: Disaster medicine.; Hospitals.; Disaster hospitals.; Disaster Planning > organization & administration.; Emergency Medical Services > organization & administration.; Emergency Medicine > methods.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• The structured approach to major incidents
• Health service structure and roles
• Emergency service organisation and roles
• Support service organisation and roles
• Planning
• Personal equipment
• Medical equipment
• Training
• Command and control
• Health service scene layout
• Safety at the scene
• Communications
• Triage
• Treatment
• Transport
• Hazardous materials (HAZMAT), chemical, biological, radiological & nuclear (CBRN)
• Incidents involving large numbers of children
• Management of a major incident with multiple burn casualties
• Mass gatherings
• Natural disasters
• Uncompensated major incidents.