Disaster Medicine Pocket Guide: 50 Essential Questions

Disaster Medicine Pocket Guide: 50 Essential Questions

Author: Henri F Julien

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-10-19

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 3031006542

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A very handy practical book written by French doctors specialised in disaster medicine, this guide offers their core experience condensed in 50 small, easily digestible chapters. Each chapter is designed to enable the reader to “know”, “understand”, and learn what to “do” in the concerned situation, ensuring the crucial information is easily on hand and available. Facing disasters, whether natural or man-made, technological or social, what are the risks and the consequences of such hazards on victims? What kind of care to provide? How to get organised, to have the appropriate resources, and to protect oneself as a responder? The French emergency and healthcare preparedness has followed a unique path. The responding medical doctors have followed in the footsteps of Dominique Larrey, a military surgeon and the father of emergency medicine. For him, the on-scene presence of doctors is paramount to organise the entire healthcare and emergency response, an innovative method that has proven its efficacy. This book is intended for all healthcare and emergency staff, doctors, paramedics or first aiders in ambulances or in emergency services who might come to deal with a massive influx of injured, poisoned, or traumatised victims. The management of multiple concomitant emergencies requires specific know-how and skills. May this guide contribute to the dissemination of a validated French know-how and thus to save lives and alleviate suffering.


Emergency Medicine MCQs - E-Book

Emergency Medicine MCQs - E-Book

Author: Waruna De Alwis

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2012-09-20

Total Pages: 725

ISBN-13: 0729581047

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An invaluable self-assessment tool for emergency medicine trainees in Australasia. Emergency Medicine MCQs is an essential resource for Australasia’s emergency medicine trainees. A practical self-assessment tool, the book assists trainees as they expand and refine their knowledge of emergency medicine, and will ultimately help them pass the Australasian Emergency Medicine Fellowship examination (FACEM). The multiple-choice questions in Emergency Medicine MCQs cover both the core and non-core areas in the Australasian Emergency Medicine Fellowship. Using this text, trainees can revise alone or with their peers to identify the areas in which they need further development. The curriculum is divided into three main areas where trainees require expert level of knowledge, high level of knowledge and general level of knowledge. It covers important clinical problems encountered in everyday emergency medicine practice – from cardiovascular emergencies through to obstetric and gynaecology emergencies, disaster management and toxicology. As well as being ideal for emergency medicine trainees qualifying through AECM, the book is a useful resource for GPs taking the GEM qualification through ACEM and JMOs ‘on call’. Plus, this emergency medicine text is accompanied by an app – a separate product containing 180 randomised multiple-choice questions on all the topics within the book. Test bank Evidence-based clinically oriented material Question format coherent with updated ACEM guidelines updated in August 2011 References and further reading


Handbook of Disaster Medicine

Handbook of Disaster Medicine

Author: Jan de Boer

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-04-28

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 1466564814

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Technological development has not only provided mankind with more prosperity, but with increased destructive power as well. These developments, combined with an explosive growth of the world population, have led to mass casualty situations, varying from traffic accidents to war. In the 20th Century over 200 million people were killed as a result of man-made disasters --- a figure unequalled in the history of mankind. It is not surprising, therefore, that a new medical discipline has emerged: disaster medicine. The realization that disasters have effects which cross the traditional boundaries of medical specialisms and nationality, led to the foundation of the International Society of Disaster Medicine (ISDM), which issued an international curriculum on education and training in disaster medicine. As a logical consequence the ISDM decided to develop its curriculum into a handbook, now available to the global community of disaster medicine specialists. This Handbook of Disaster Medicine contains contributions from international experts in the field and will be of value and interest to a wide variety of professionals in the discipline of disaster medicine and management.


Dr. Disaster's Guide to Surviving Everything

Dr. Disaster's Guide to Surviving Everything

Author: John Torres

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 035849480X

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"A practical, all-encompassing guide to disaster preparedness-from avalanches and blackouts to pandemics and wildfires-from NBC News senior medical correspondent and emergency medicine physician Dr. John Torres"--


Disaster Medicine

Disaster Medicine

Author: Gregory R. Ciottone

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2006-01-01

Total Pages: 986

ISBN-13: 0323032532

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"This new volume includes Individual Concepts and Events sections that provide information on the general approach to disaster medicine and practical information on specific disasters. You'll also find an exhaustive list of chapters on the conceivable chemical and biologic weapons known today, as well as strategies for the management of future events, or possible scenarios, for which there is no precedent."--BOOK JACKET.


The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide

The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide

Author: Joseph Alton

Publisher: Skyhorse

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1629147702

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No one knows what the next disaster will be: earthquake, Coronavirus, flu epidemic, flood, terrorist attack. But everyone should know how to survive a medical emergency if a medical professional isn’t available. From Dr. Joe Alton and Amy Alton ARNP comes an updated edition of their bestseller The Survival Medicine Handbook. This unique medical book is meant to enable the average person to handle injuries and illness in situations in which modern medical facilities and professionals aren’t available due to a disaster. This book is written by America’s top medical preparedness experts: Joe Alton, MD, and Amy Alton, ARNP. Their mission: to put a medically prepared person in every family for when medical help is not on the way. Using decades of medical experience, they address, in plain language, dozens of medical issues associated with surviving disasters and epidemics. The Altons also discuss the medical supplies needed to become a medical asset to your family and community as well as alternative and natural strategies for when pharmaceuticals aren’t available. Topics include: Appendicitis and Conditions that Mimic It Urinary Tract Infections Mosquito-Borne Illnesses Allergic Reactions and Anaphylaxis Head Injuries Animal Bites Snake Bites Head injuries Kidney Stones Dislocations and Fractures Nosebleeds Pain Medications Natural Pain Relief And much much more! Most medical books will send you to the doctor or hospital when an emergency happens. The Altons assume that the worst might actually happen—that the average person could be left without medical help in a disaster. With their book, you can keep your family healthy in times of trouble.


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

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

Author: Alan Hawley

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2010-08-27

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0340967560

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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.


Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine

Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine

Author: Kristi L. Koenig

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-02-16

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1316472922

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As societies become more complex and interconnected, the global risk for catastrophic disasters is increasing. Demand for expertise to mitigate the human suffering and damage these events cause is also high. A new field of disaster medicine is emerging, offering innovative approaches to optimize disaster management. Much of the information needed to create the foundation for this growing specialty is not objectively described or is scattered among multiple different sources. This definitive work brings together a coherent and comprehensive collection of scientific observations and evidence-based recommendations with expert contributors from around the globe. This book identifies essential subject matter, clarifies nomenclature, and outlines necessary areas of proficiency for healthcare professionals handling mass casualty crises. It also describes in-depth strategies for the rapid diagnosis and treatment of victims suffering from blast injuries or exposure to chemical, biological, and radiological agents.


Medicine for the Outdoors

Medicine for the Outdoors

Author: Paul S. Auerbach

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 567

ISBN-13: 0323068138

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Packed with step-by-step instructions, how-to explanations, and practical approaches to outdoor and wilderness emergencies, this newly updated guide explains the best ways to respond to just about any medical problem when help is miles or days away. Logically organized, "Medicine for the Outdoors" may literally save a life.


The Survival Medicine Handbook

The Survival Medicine Handbook

Author: Joseph Alton

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 671

ISBN-13: 9780988872554

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"Are you prepared to deal with medical issues in a disaster or epidemic if the ambulance is heading in the OTHER direction? What if YOU were the end of the line when it came to your family's health and well-being"--Page 4 of cover.