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Medical Response to Major Incidents and Disasters A Practical Guide for All Medical Staff /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2012. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.