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Medical Response to Terrorism : Preparedness and Clinical Practice.
This comprehensive reference provides all the information emergency departments and personnel need to prepare for and respond to terrorist events. The first section covers all agents potentially used in terrorist attacks-chemical, biologic, toxicologic, nuclear, and explosive-in a systematic format...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
Wolters Kluwer Health,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Medical Responseto Terrorism; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PART 1 AGENTS OF TERRORISM ANDMEDICAL MANAGEMENT; Section 1 Chemical Terrorism; Chemical Nerve Agents; Vesicating Agents Including Mustard and Lewisite; Cyanide; Phosgene and Toxic Gases; Incapacitating Agents: BZ, Calmative Agents, and Riot Control Agents; Section 2 Biological Agents; Anthrax; Plague; Smallpox; Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers; Lesser Known Biological Agents and Potential Threats; Section 3 Biochemical Terrorism; Botulinum: The Most Toxic Substance Known; Toxins; Section 4 Nuclear Terrorism.
- Types of Radiation: Basic Theory Explained for the NonphysicistDetection of Nuclear Radiation; Personal Protection and Decontamination for Radiation Emergencies; Treatment of Radiation Exposure and Contamination; Radiation Dispersal Devices, Dirty Bombs, and Nonconventional Radiation Exposure; Detonation of a Nuclear Device; Nuclear Power Plant Disasters; Section 5 Explosives and Traumatic Terrorism; Types of Explosions and Explosive Injuries Defined; Case Study Terrorism And Explosive Trauma:The Colombian Experience; Structural Collapse, Extrication, Crush Syndrome, and Rhabdomyolysis.
- PART 2 ALL-HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS FOR TERRORISMSection 6 Planning Preparedness for Terrorism; Introduction to All-hazards Preparedness and Planning for Terrorism; Scene Preparedness; Hospital Preparedness; Case Study Hospital Preparedness for Disaster:The Israeli Experience; Community Public Health Preparedness; Mass Gathering Preparedness; Federal, State, Regional, and Local Resource Access and Utilization; Section 7 Equipment Preparedness for Terrorism; Personal Protective Equipment; All-Hazards Approach To Decontamination; Detection, Prediction, and Surveillance.
- Section 8 Communications Preparedness for TerrorismHealth Care Facilities and Interagency Communication During Terrorism; Media and Communications Preparedness For Terrorist Events; Section 9 Training Preparedness for Terrorism; Exercises and Educational Courses in Terrorism Preparedness; Technology Applications in Preparedness Training; Section 10 Operational Medical Preparedness for Terrorism; Strategic Response to Explosive and Traumatic Terrorism; The Forensic Evaluation of Gunshot Wounds Associated With a Terrorist Event; Homeland Security.
- The Role of Military Medicine in Civilian Disaster ResponseLaw Enforcement-Related Agencies; Section 11 Special Considerations for Terrorist Events; Psychological Impact of Terrorism; Being a Child in the Midst of Terrorism; Agricultural Terrorism and its Implications for the Health Care System; Mass Fatality Incidents; Cyberterrorism; INDEX.