Soccer and Disaster

Soccer and Disaster

Author: Paul Darby

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780714653525

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The authors look at soccer disasters across the globe from air crashes to overcrowding. The causes, consequences and legacies are explored in this book which reveals frightening parallels and important lessons.


The Mammoth Book of Air Disasters and Near Misses

The Mammoth Book of Air Disasters and Near Misses

Author: Paul Simpson

Publisher: Robinson

Published: 2014-10-16

Total Pages: 603

ISBN-13: 1780338295

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An incredible 30,000 flights – at least – arrive safely at their destinations every day. But a handful don’t, while some come terrifyingly close to crashing. When even the smallest thing does go wrong at 35,000 feet, the result is nearly always a fast-unfolding tragedy. This extensive collection of compelling real-life accounts of air disasters and near-disasters provides a sobering, alternative history of the just over 105 years that passengers have been travelling by air, from the very earliest fatality to recent calamities. But there are incredible stories of heroism against the odds, too, such as that of Captain Chesley Sullenberger who successfully landed his aircraft with both engines gone on the Hudson River in New York, saving the lives of everyone aboard, and of the American Airlines crew who prevented terrorist Richard Reid from exploding a bomb hidden in his shoe three months after 9/11. The book also details the often ingenious, always painstaking work done by air-accident investigators, while a glossary helps to clarify the occasional, inevitable bits of jargon.


Life and Death Decisions in the Clinical Setting

Life and Death Decisions in the Clinical Setting

Author: Paul Walker

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-03-20

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9811043019

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This book moves away from the frameworks that have traditionally guided ethical decision-making in the Western clinical setting, towards an inclusive, non-coercive and, reflective dialogic approach to moral decision-making. Inspired in part by Jürgen Habermas’s discourse theory of morality and principles of communicative action, the book offers a proportionist approach as a way of balancing out the wisdom in traditional frameworks, set in the actual reality of the clinical situation at hand. Putting this approach into practice requires having a conversation, a dialogue or a discourse, with collaboration amongst all the stakeholders. The aim of the dialogue is to reach consensus in the decision, via mutual understanding of the values held by the patient and others whom they see as significant. This book aims to underscore the moral philosophical foundations for having a meaningful conversation. Life and Death Decision in the Clinical Setting is especially relevant in our contemporary era, characterised medically by an ever-increasing armamentarium of life-sustaining technology, but also by increasing multiculturalism, a multiplicity of faiths, and increasing value pluralism.


Medical Response to Major Incidents and Disasters

Medical Response to Major Incidents and Disasters

Author: Sten Lennquist

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-01-03

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 3642218946

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This book, written by members of the core faculty responsible for European courses on Medical Response to Major Incidents (MRMI), is a practical guide for all medical staff on how to respond to a wide range of disaster scenarios. The entire spectrum of knowledge is covered, from command and coordination through to the management of individual casualties. Central importance is attached to the key component of decision making by explaining what needs to be done for patients in particular situations and the required order and timing of treatment measures. Simplified methods receive due attention, as it is often necessary for medical staff to administer primary treatment outside of their own specialty. This book will prove an invaluable aid to all who may be involved in the response to major accidents and disasters, including medical and nursing students, ambulance crew, and military personnel as well as medical specialists.


Croydon Tramlink

Croydon Tramlink

Author: Gareth David

Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport

Published: 2020-06-24

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 152671955X

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An in-depth look at the South London light rail tram system, from the author of Britain’s Last Mechanical Signalling. Croydon Tramlink is a new history about the network linking Wimbledon with Croydon in South London. This is the first full history of this fascinating tramway, which is about to celebrate its twentieth anniversary of opening. The book looks at the political, economic, and social aspects of the network, as well as the mechanical history of the system. The tramway has been an important aspect in rejuvenating the Croydon area and improving transport links in an area lacking underground lines. Praise for Croydon Tramlink “In the very readable narrative we learn of the careful behind the scenes work undertaken to gain the support of the principal local authority and BR, and the lengthy process of gaining parliamentary approval and securing the necessary capital funding. We also hear of the obstructive tactics of the bus lobby which prevented construction of a more passenger-friendly interchange at New Addington, surely an indictment of public transport policy and planning at the time. The book is liberally illustrated with color images, many showing the original red and white and current blue, green and white liveries worn by the light rail vehicles.” —West Somerset Railway Association


Britain's Lost Tragedies Uncovered

Britain's Lost Tragedies Uncovered

Author: Richard M. Jones

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2021-09-24

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0750998393

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Is any disaster really forgotten? It is never forgotten by the survivors who lived through the trauma. It is never forgotten by the emergency services who tried to save the day. It is never forgotten by the relatives of those who never came home. Britain's Lost Tragedies Uncovered is a look at the tragedies and disasters that may not have stayed in public memory, but are no less terrible than their more famous counterparts. From a late-nineteenth-century family massacre in London to two separate fatal crashes at Dibbles Bridge in Yorkshire, and the worst-ever aviation show crash in post-war Farnborough to the horrifying Barnsley Public Hall disaster – here are twenty-three accounts of true devastation and stunning bravery. They are tales that deserve to be remembered.


Death Destruction and Disaster in the American Coal Mining Industry (1999)

Death Destruction and Disaster in the American Coal Mining Industry (1999)

Author: Albert Dean Browning

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2002-12-20

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1410700003

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The book provides an independent and unbiased review of coal mine fatal accidents and safety data in the mining industry for the century. Excellent charts and graphs are used to magnify safety data from 1982 through the end of the century. A listing of disasters that have occurred during the century are included in the book. It also provides an individual description and summary of each of the fatal coal mining accidents that occurred during 1999. A description of mining terms and conditions are included in the accident summaries that provide the reader with an good understanding of the various mining methods. Miners and managers alike can glean an enormous amount of information and gain knowledge that can be used to improve both their own safety as well as the safety of their fellow workers.


Huddersfield Through Time

Huddersfield Through Time

Author: Paul Chrystal

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2016-06-15

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1445658526

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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Huddersfield has changed and developed over the last century.