Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine (eBook)

Robert Antosia, John D. Cahill (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2006 | 2006
XVIII, 492 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-0-387-32804-1 (ISBN)

Infos

This is an essential portable handbook on bioterrorism and disaster medicine. Its practical and comprehensive text features chapters pertinent to bioterrorism, infectious disease, microbiology, virology, public health, epidemiology, and disaster medicine. It will serve as a practical guide for situation-specific disasters; recognize what injuries or illnesses to expect; provide proactive guidelines to define specific diseases; and give a guide of appropriate personnel protective equipment during these large-scale emergencies. It is an essential companion to those either interested or currently working in any of the aforementioned fields.

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The Handbook of Bioterrorism and Disaster Medicine was created because we felt there was no effective handbook that covered the breadth and scope of this field. Our book incorporates concise chapters, on topics and diseases with abundant web-based references, and careful organization. We hope that all healthcare providers interested or involved with the care of victims of bioterrorism or disaster - including prehos- tal care providers, medical students, nurses, physicians, and those involved with p- lic health or humanitarian aide - find it indispensable. We wish to thank the numerous authors who contributed to this handbook. Throughout the book, consistency of style and depth provide the reader with easy and reliable access to the vast amount of information needed to understand, prepare for, and deal with a bioterrorist attack or disaster. The chapters in this book have been based on scientific studies and data when available. However, more research is ne- ed to more fully understand these complex events.

Inhalt

CONTRIBUTORS 5
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 10
PREFACE 11
CONTENTS 12
PART I GENERAL CONCEPTS 16
1 DEFINING A DISASTER 17
2 EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS 19
3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISASTERS 21
4 TRIAGE 25
5 DISASTER LOGISTICS 33
6 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS 37
7 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 39
8 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 43
9 COMPLEX HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES 45
PART II NATURAL DISASTERS 51
10 EARTHQUAKES 53
11 VOLCANOES 57
12 FLOODS 63
13 TSUNAMIS 67
14 HURRICANES AND TYPHOONS 71
15 TORNADOES 75
16 DROUGHT 79
17 FIRESTORMS AND WILDFIRES 81
18 HEATWAVE/ HYPERTHERMIA 87
19 WINTER STORM DISASTERS AND HYPOTHERMIA 93
PART III BIOEVENTS AND MANMADE DISASTERS 101
20 THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF WAR AND CONFLICT 103
21 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 109
22 ANTHRAX 115
23 SMALLPOX 119
24 PLAGUE 123
25 TULAREMIA 129
26 VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS 133
27 BOTULISM 139
28 Q FEVER 143
29 BRUCELLOSIS 147
30 ALPHAVIRUSES 151
31 RICIN 157
32 EPSILON TOXIN 161
33 STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B 163
34 FOOD- AND WATER- BORNE AGENTS 165
35 MELIOIDOSIS 171
36 NERVE AGENTS 175
37 VESICANTS 181
38 PULMONARY AGENTS 185
39 CYANIDES 191
40 NUCLEAR DETONATION/ IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE 197
41 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DISASTERS 203
42 MARITIME DISASTERS 207
43 AVIATION DISASTERS 211
PART IV MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF DISASTER-RELATED INJURIES AND DISEASE 215
PART IVA BASIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 215
44 THE ABCS AND RESUSCITATION ALGORITHMS FOR CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST 217
45 SHOCK: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT 221
46 INTRAVENOUS FLUID REQUIREMENTS AND BLOOD PRODUCTS 225
DECONTAMINATION 231
48 ACUTE INHALATION INJURY 241
49 ELECTRICAL INJURIES 249
50 TOXICOLOGY 253
PART IVB INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF DISASTER 258
51 MEASLES 259
52 APPROACH TO DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY 263
53 MALARIA 267
54 MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS 273
55 TUBERCULOSIS 279
56 HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS,TYPE 1, AND AIDS 285
57 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES 289
58 SCHISTOSOMIASIS 293
59 TETANUS 299
60 BITEWOUNDS AND RABIES 305
61 TICK- BORNE DISEASES 313
62 LEPTOSPIROSIS 321
PART IVC BASIC TRAUMAMANAGEMENT 328
63 WOUND CARE MANAGEMENT 329
64 ABDOMINAL TRAUMA 333
65 THORACIC TRAUMA 339
66 NEUROTRAUMA 345
67 BLAST INJURIES 351
68 CRUSH INJURIES 355
69 MISSILE INJURIES 359
70 BURN MANAGEMENT 363
PART V PEDIATRIC CONSIDERATIONS AND DISASTERS 370
71 PEDIATRIC PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 371
72 NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT IN MALNUTRITION 375
73 TREATMENT OF MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN 379
74 EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC DISASTER VICTIMS 383
75 PEDIATRIC-SPECIFIC DISASTER-RELATED CONSIDERATIONS 389
76 PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY TEAM RESPONSE TO DISASTER 395
PART VI MEDICAL AND HUMANITARIAN DISASTERS 401
77 WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE 403
78 SHELTER 407
79 REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED POPULATIONS 411
80 CHILD SOLDIERS 415
81 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 419
PART VII EDUCATION, HEALTH ISSUES, AND RESOURCES 423
82 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 425
83 SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE 431
84 JCAHO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 439
85 HEALTH AND THE HUMANITARIAN/ DISASTERWORKER 445
86 IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 449
87 HEALTHCARE WORKER EXPOSURES TO BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS 457
88 POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 463
89 INTERNATIONAL LAW:A PRIMER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS 469
90 A GUIDE TO THE WORLDWIDE WEB 479
INDEX 481

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.12.2006
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 492 p. 6 illus.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie
• Schlagworte: AIDS • biomedicine • bioterrorism • Hygiene • immunology • Infectious • infectious disease • Infectious Diseases • Malaria • Schistosomiasis • Sexually Transmitted Diseases • Virus
• ISBN-10: 0-387-32804-1 / 0387328041
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-32804-1 / 9780387328041