Disaster nursing and emergency preparedness for chemical, biological, and radiological terrorism and other hazards / editor, Tener Goodwin Veenema
Imprint
New York : Springer Pub., c2013
Edition
3rd ed
Descript
xxxiii, 764 p. : ill
CONTENT
Essentials of disaster planning -- Ledership and coordination in disaster health care systems : the federal disaster response network -- Emergency health services -- American red cross desaster health services and desaster nursing -- Understanding the psychosocial impact of disasters -- Legal and ethical issues in disaster response -- Crisis communication : the role of the media -- Disaster management -- Disaster triage -- Restoring public health under disaster conditions: basic sanition water and food supply and shelter -- Managing emergencies outside of the hospital : special events mass gatherings and mass casualty lncidents -- Management of burn mass casualty incidents -- Traumatic injury due to explosives and blast effects -- Mangement of psychosocial effects -- Unique needs of children during desasters and other public health emergencies -- Identifying and accommodation high-risk and high - vulnerability populations -- Natural disasters -- Environmental disasters and emergencies -- Biological and chemical terrorism: a unique threat -- Surveillance systems for detection of biological events -- Biological agent of concern -- Early recognition and detection of biological events -- Emerging infectious desease -- Design and implementation of mass immunization and prophylactic treatment clinics -- Chemical agents of concern -- Mass casualty decontamination -- Radiological incidents and emergencies -- Directions for nursing education -- Directions for nursing research and development -- Global issues in disaster relief nusing -- The role and preparation of the public health nurse for disaster response -- Desaster recovery : creating sustainable desaster- resistant communities