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Conflict and catastrophe medicine : a practical guide / edited by James Ryan ... [and others] ; project co-ordinator, Cara Macnab.
LIBRA RC86.8 .C66 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disaster medicine--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Disaster medicine.
- Disaster medicine--Safety measures--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Disasters.
- Emergency Medical Services.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Rescue Work.
- Armed Conflicts.
- Industrial safety.
- Medical Subjects:
- Disasters.
- Emergency Medical Services.
- Health Services Accessibility.
- Rescue Work.
- Armed Conflicts.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 409 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Springer, [2002]
- Contents:
- Section 1 Medical Intervention and the World We Live In
- 1. The World in the New Millennium
- Globalisation and Humanitarianism / Jim Ryan, John Lumley 3
- 2. The Spectrum of Conflict / Alan Hawley 11
- 3. Catastrophes
- Natural and Man-made Disasters / Peter J. Baxter 27
- 4. Refugees and Internally Displaced People / Jim Ryan, David Childs 49
- 5. Medicine and Medical Aid in Remote Settings 55
- A Medical Aspects of Oil and Gas Exploration / Robert C. Mark 55
- B The Falkland Islands, Expedition Medicine and Ship's Doctor / Roger Diggle 67
- C Medicine at the Ends of the Earth / Iain C. Grant 76
- 6. Medical Interventions in Catastrophes and Conflict / Alan Hawley 83
- 7. The Players 101
- A The Humanitarian Aid Organisations / Cara Macnab, Deborah R. Aspogard 101
- B The Military
- a Player, a Facilitator or the Cause of the Problem / David Morgan-Jones 108
- Section 2 The Process and Related Issues
- 8. The Process / Steve Mannion, Eddie Chaloner, Claire Walford 117
- A Getting Involved 117
- B Preparation 121
- C Arriving 128
- D Coming Home 129
- 9. A Guide to the Medical Student Elective Abroad / Jane Zuckerman 131
- 10. Avoiding Trouble
- Cultural Issues / C.J. Blunden, Campbell MacFarlane 141
- 11. Dealing With Trouble
- the Wider Issues / Jeff Green 151
- 12. Psychological Aspects of the Provision of Medical Humanitarian Aid / Ian P. Palmer 159
- Section 3 Planning, Related Issues and Clinical Care
- 13. Pre-Hospital Planning / Cara Macnab, Peter F. Mahoney 177
- 14. Aviation Medicine Aspects / Campbell MacFarlane 181
- 15. Communications Technology and Range / John F. Navein, Simon J. O'Neill, Craig H. Llewellyn 193
- 16. Spectrum of Capability and Applied Communications / John F. Navein, Simon J. O'Neill 213
- 17. Acute Medical Problems / Claire Walford, Shautek Nazeer, A. McGuinness, Jim Ryan, A. J. Thomas 235
- 18. Women's Health / Charles Cox, John Duckett, N.K. Jyothi 271
- 19. Children's Health / M. Gavalas, Shautek Nazeer, Claire Walford, A. Christodoulides 283
- 20. Trauma, Surgical and Related Conditions 293
- A Introduction
- Scene-Setting / Jim Ryan 293
- B Orthopaedics and Trauma / Jim Ryan, A.J. Thomas, Scott Adams 294
- C Ballistics and Blast / Peter Hill 309
- D Abdominal and Acute Surgical Emergencies / Adam Brooks 315
- E Dental and ENT / Peter V. Dyer 332
- F Anaesthesia and Analgesia / Paul Wood, Peter F. Mahoney 341
- Section 4 Aftermath
- 21. Conflict Recovery / Jim Ryan, Matthew Fleggson, Caroline Kennedy 355
- 22. Hard Knocks and Hard Lessons / Jim Ryan, John Beavis, Tony Redmond 367
- 23. Publications / Jim Ryan, Peter Mahoney, A. J. Thomas 379
- 24. Checklists, Suppliers and Specialist Advice / Jim Ryan, Peter Mahoney, A. J. Thomas 385
- 25. Using the Internet to Access the World Wide Web (www) / Jim Ryan, Peter Mahoney 389.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1852333472
- 1852333480
- OCLC:
- 46929910
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