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.


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.


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.


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.


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


Bournemouth Through Time

Bournemouth Through Time

Author: John Christopher

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2012-02-15

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1445623250

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


Sara Webb: Disaster Area

Sara Webb: Disaster Area

Author: Liz Wilks

Publisher: Lothian Children's Books

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 0734414412

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Sara’s family is unusual to say the least – they’re also confusing and really embarrassing. Her older sister thinks she’s Dorothy from THE WIZARD OF OZ and her older brother repeats words like an echo. Sara’s problems increase when she is teased by the school bullies and has to cope with a series of disasters. Her story is seriously funny and inspiring as Sara works to solve her problems and learns to accept her brother and sister as loved and valued members of her family.