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Local planning for terror and disaster : from bioterrorism to earthquakes / edited by Leonard A. Cole, Nancy D. Connell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emergency management--Case studies.
- Emergency management.
- Disaster relief--Case studies.
- Disaster relief.
- Disaster medicine--Case studies.
- Disaster medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Local Planning for Terror and Disaster gives voice to experts in key fields involved with local preparedness, assessing the quality of preparedness in each field, and offering directions for improvement. Introductory chapters provide overviews of terror medicine, security and communications, which are indispensable to successful preparedness, while subsequent chapters concentrate on a particular field and how responders from that field communicate and interact with others during and after an event. Thus, a chapter by a physician discusses not only the doctor's role but how that role is,
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction : the known and the unknown
- pt. 2. Healthcare professionals
- pt. 3. Institutional management
- pt. 4. Support and security
- pt. 5. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613862075
- 9781283549622
- 128354962X
- 9781118397756
- 1118397754
- 9781118397787
- 1118397789
- 9781118397763
- 1118397762
- OCLC:
- 791492868
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