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Preparing for mass-casualty incidents : hospital readiness for biological, chemical, and radiological disasters / Steven A. MacArthur.
Holman Biotech Commons RA645.5 M33 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- MacArthur, Steven A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disaster Planning--organization & administration.
- Terrorism.
- Hospitals.
- Emergency medical services.
- United States.
- Emergency Medical Services--organization & administration.
- Terrorism--prevention & control.
- Emergency management--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Emergency management.
- Emergency medical services--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Hospitals--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Terrorism--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Medical Subjects:
- Disaster Planning--organization & administration.
- United States.
- Emergency Medical Services--organization & administration.
- Terrorism--prevention & control.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 98 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Marblehead, MA : Opus Communications, [2002]
- Summary:
- With the increased concern about bioterrorism -- whether chemical, biological or radiological -- there is an emphasis on hospital preparedness for serious mass-casualty incidents (MCIs). And even though The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) began requiring hazard vulnerability analysis (HVA) as part of its environment of care program when it revised the emergency management standards in January 2001, most hospitals have not yet developed adequate emergency plans either because of monetary concerns or confusion about the best way to get started.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Recognizing terrorist events in your community 1
- Chapter 2 The hospital's role in emergency response 23
- Chapter 3 Training and education 29
- Chapter 4 Decontamination during a mass-casualty incident 35
- Chapter 5 Psychological aspects of MCIs 45
- Chapter 6 Managing the media 53
- Chapter 7 Pharmacy and lab support 63
- Chapter 8 Response team members and planning 75
- Chapter 9 Designing and implementing a communications program 83
- Chapter 10 Communicating incident information to the authorities 89.
- ISBN:
- 1578392128
- OCLC:
- 51553584
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