| Description |
1 online resource (866 pages) |
| Contents |
Front cover; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Editors; Authors; Contributors; SECTION I: BACKGROUND AND PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Worst Case Scenario; Chapter 3. Thinking OUtside the Box; Chapter 4. Emergency Professionals; Chapter 5. Cascade Effect; Chapter 6. Profile of Terrorism; Chapter 7. Disaster Identification; Chapter 8. Types of Disasters; Chapter 9. Progression of Disaster Care; SECTION II: FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS; Chapter 10. New York City: A History of Terrorism in Lower Manhattan |
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Chapter 11. New York City, 9/11 Event: The Little Hospital That CouldChapter 12. New York City, 9/11 Aftermath: The Forgotten Hospital at Ground Zero; Chapter 13. Jerusalem: One of Our Own; Chapter 14. Toronto: The Courage to Care; Chapter 15. New Orleans: The Storm Was Called Katrina; Chapter 16. Tokyo: Terror in the Subway; Chapter 17. Madrid: A Coordinated Plan of Terror; SECTION III: DISASTER MANAGEMENT-PARAMETERS; Chapter 18. Incident Command: Philosophy; Chapter 19. Incident Command |
| Summary |
Presenting an overview of the basic principles of disaster management, this book describes the role of emergency medicine in disaster planning and mass casualty events. From disaster capacity to hazard risk score and vulnerability analysis, it addresses various aspects of disaster planning |
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Print version record |
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Disaster medicine.
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Disaster hospitals.
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Hospitals -- Emergency services.
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Mass Casualty Incidents -- prevention & control
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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Mobile Health Units
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mobile hospitals.
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emergency rooms.
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Hospitals -- Emergency services
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Disaster hospitals
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Disaster medicine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bonvino, Robert
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| ISBN |
9781420061246 |
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1420061240 |
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