Making Sense of Disaster Medicine: A Hands-on Guide for Medi

Alan Hawley

ISBN 10: 0340967560 / ISBN 13: 9780340967560

Published by Taylor & Francis Aug 2010, 2010

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Neuware - Disaster medicine encompasses the medical response to mass casualty incidents including rail, air and road traffic accidents, domestic terrorism and pandemic outbreaks, as well as the global issues of conflict and natural catastrophe. Where once this area was regarded as a niche interest of those wishing to carry out humanitarian assistance abroad, now it is to be a nationally-regulated field with intercollegiate support and a firm academic basis. Making Sense of Disaster Medicine is the first introductory text of its kind where leaders in the field provide targeted insights to make sense of this broad and exciting field of medicine; it provides essential reading for all medical students and professionals who may find themselves responding to incidents on the scale of the 7 July 2005 terrorist bomb blasts in London, or the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making Sense of Disaster Medicine: A Hands-on Guide for Medi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Aug 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340967560
• ISBN 13: 9780340967560
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 199W x 132H x 19D millimeters 199 millimeters width by 132 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 426 grams

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Synopsis

Disaster medicine is a broad and dynamic field that encompasses the medical and surgical response to mass casualty incidents including rail, air, and road traffic accidents; domestic terrorism; and pandemic outbreaks. It also encompasses the global issues of conflict and natural catastrophe. Specialists in disaster medicine provide insight, guidance, and expertise on the principles and practice of medicine both in the disaster impact area and healthcare evacuation-receiving facilities. They liaise with emergency management professionals, hospitals, healthcare facilities, communities, and governments.

With contributions by international authorities in the field, Making Sense of Disaster Medicine: A Hands-on Guide for Medics is an accessible text designed for all medical students and professionals who may find themselves responding to such incidents. Part of the highly successful Making Sense series, the book features an easy-to-read layout and boxed sections with "learning points," "thinking points," "pearls of wisdom," and "hazards." Each chapter concludes with a summary and list of key resources and case studies further enhance the text.

About the Author

Dr James IDM Matheson MBBS, BA (Hons), Academic Foundation Programme, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Catastrophes & Conflict Forum, Royal Society of Medicine, Faculty of Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine, Society of Apothecaries, London

Professor Alan Hawley, OBE QHP, Professor of Disaster Medicine, Professor of Disaster Studies and Director of the Disasters and Resilience Centre, University of Glamorgan