Full Description
The text is geared towards health care workers such as adult and paediatric physicians and nurses, paramedics and health care facility administrators and will cover disaster preparedness for health care facilities such as hospitals and long-term care homes.The content of the book addresses preparedness for disasters, both natural and man-made, from the standpoint of health care facility pre-planning preparedness to managing and overcoming disasters when they occur. Beginning with how to assess the risk to and readiness of your health care facility for potential disasters, the book progresses to how to deal with any readiness deficiencies found. Each chapter can be a standalone document addressing an individual aspect of disaster preparedness but when all chapters are combined, it creates a complete and authoritative guide on all aspects of disaster preparedness.This book is the only product of its kind that centralizes all of the content required for a health care facility to plan, prepare and manage disaster related events.
Contents
Chapter 1Chapter 2: Risk and Hazard Vulnerability AnalysisChapter 3: Readiness and MitigationChapter 4: IMS and CommunicationsChapter 5: TriageChapter 6: Hospital Emergency Surge CapacityChapter 7: VolunteersChapter 8: Preparing for Mass GatheringsChapter 9: Scene safetyChapter 10: Analgesia and Mass Casualty IncidentsChapter 11: Infectious Diseases Following DisastersChapter 12: Disasters with ContaminationsChapter 13: Paediatrics in DisastersChapter 14: Family Re-unificationChapter 15: Disaster PsychiatryChapter 16: Psycho-social Issues in DisastersChapter 17: EthicsChapter 18: Medico-legal IssuesChapter 19: Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Management
