Handbook for pandemic and mass-casualty planning and response [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Elin Gursky and Boris Hreckovski

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465067003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-299-33334-6; 1-61499-135-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Collana: NATO Science for Peace and Security series. E,Human and Societal Dynamics, , 1874-6276 ; ; v. 100
• Altri autori (Persone): GurskyElin A; HreckovskiBorsi
• Disciplina: 616.2; 616.2/05
• Soggetti: Disaster medicine - Planning; Emergency management; Epidemics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Applying Lessons Learned and Sharing Best Practices in Addressing Pandemics and Catastrophic Health Eventa, Slavonski Brod, Croatia, 27 November - 8 December 2011."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: HANDBOOK FOR PANDEMIC AND MASS-CASUALTY PLANNING AND RESPONSE; Dedication; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Preface; Contents; Section 1: The Context of Catastrophic Health Planning; Medical Response to Major Incidents: A Standardized Postgraduate Course in Management and Performance in Major Incidents & Disasters; Development of a European Training Curriculum for International Crisis Management (DITAC/European Research Project):One European Training Curriculum for Each Disaster-Necessary or Impossible?; Pandemic Planning & Response; Mass-Casualty Preparedness-How to Upgrade From Below: Our Experiences in SloveniaEducation and Training for Major Incidents and Disasters: Croatia Case Study; Cross-Disciplinary Competency and Professionalization in Disaster Medicine and Public Health; Complex ; Humanitarian Emergencies-An Overview: Controversies and Future Perspectives; The Hospital as the Weakest Link in Mass-Casualty Incidents; Ethics and Medicine in Disasters and Mass-Casualty Incidents; Croatia's State and Medical Authority for Health System Organizations; Croatia: Community, Empowerment, Resiliency; Section 2: Principles of Response to Catastrophes with Mass CasualtiesBasics of Terror Medicine; Mass-Casualty Planning and Response; Interoperability within Military Medical Forces in Contemporary NATO Operations; The Complete Protection of a Combat Soldier; Experience from Past Conflicts; Triage Protocols for Critical-Care Patients in Disaster Conditions; Development of Standards of Care for Polytrauma in Multiple-Casualty Incidents; Treatment Algorithms and Hospital Triage in Mass-Casualty Incidents; Guidelines for Limb Amputation and Reconstruction in Mass-Casualty Incidents; Burn Injuries during Mass-Casualty IncidentsBlast Injuries; Section 3: Communication and Information Sharing; Information Sharing in Practice and for Practice: Mass-Casualty Cases; Communication between Emergency Medical Services and Media during Mass-Casualty Events in Croatia; Just-in-Time Information; Collaboration Topologies for Interdisciplinary and Interlevel Information Exchange; Networks and Their Role in Counteracting Contemporary Global Threats: A New Model; Architecture of R&D Project Management Systems at Medical Institutions; Lessons Learned; Lessons Learned; Subject Index; Author Index