Medical response to terrorism : preparedness and clinical practice / editor-in-chief, Daniel C. Keyes ; editors, Jonathan L. Burstein, Richard B. Schwartz, Raymond E. Swienton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keyes, Daniel C.

Burstein, Jonathan L.

Schwartz, Richard B.

Swienton, Raymond E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism.

Medical emergencies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (463 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive reference provides all the information emergency departments and personnel need to prepare for and respond to terrorist events. The first section covers all agents potentially used in terrorist attacks-chemical, biologic, toxicologic, nuclear, and explosive-in a systematic format that includes background, triage, decontamination, signs and symptoms, medical management, personnel protection, and guidelines for notifying public health networks. Algorithms show when to suspect and how to recognize exposure and detail signs and symptoms and management protocols. The second section focuses on all-hazards preparedness for hospitals, communities, emergency medical services, and the media, and includes an important chapter on simulation of disasters.

Contents:

Chemical nerve agents / Daniel C. Keyes

Vesicating agents including mustard and Lewisite / Stacey L. Hail and Daniel C. Keyes

Cyanide / Rebeca Gracia

Phosgene and toxic gases / Melissa L. Givens

Incapacitating agents: BZ, calmative agents, and riot control agents / John Gomez and Yedidia Bentur

Anthrax / Anthony J. Carbone

Plague / Anthony J. Carbone

Smallpox / Lisa Rotz, Inger Damon, and Joanne Cono

Viral hemorrhagic fevers / Erik J. Won and Anthony J. Carbone

Lesser known biological agents and potential threats / Teriggi J. Ciccone and Seric S. Cusick

Botulinum: the most toxic substance known / Robert Abar Timmons and Anthony J. Carbone

Toxins / Sophia Dyer and Stephen Traub

Types of radiation: basic theory explained for the nonphysicist / Greene Shepherd

Detection of nuclear radiation / Keith Edsall and Daniel C. Keyes

Personal protection and decontamination for radiation emergencies / Keith Edsall and Daniel C. Keyes

Treatment of radiation exposure and contamination / Keith Edsall and Daniel C. Keyes

Radiation dispersal devices, dirty bombs, and nonconventional radiation exposure / Madison Patrick, Keith Edsall, and Daniel C. Keyes

Detonation of a nuclear device / Cham E. Dallas

Nuclear power plant disasters / Wilfredo Rivera

Types of explosions and explosive injuries defined / Adam Miller and Richard Linsky

Structure collapse, extrication, crush syndrome, and rhabdomyolysis / Adam H. Miller

Introduction to all-hazards preparedness and planning for terrorism / Adam H. Miller ... [et al.]

Scene preparedness / Marc Eckstein and Ray Fowler

Hospital preparedness / Kathy J. Rinnert and Daniel C. Keyes

Community public health preparedness / Scott F. Wetterhall, and Darren F. Collins

Mass gathering preparedness / Carl Menckhoff, and Michael Shaw

Federal, state, regional, and local resource access and utilization / David W. Gruber

Personal protective equipment / Joshua G. Schier and Robert S. Hoffman

All-hazards approach to decontamination / Richard N. Bradley

Detection, prediction, and surveillance / Warren L. Whitlock and Gay Dews Thompson

Health care facilities and interagency communication during terrorism / Raymond L. Fowler ... [et al.]

Media and communications preparedness for terrorist events / Raymond L. Fowler, Paul E. Pepe, Paul E. Moore

Exercises and educational courses in terrorism preparedness / Myra M. Socher and Edwin K. Leap

Technology applications in preparedness training / Timothy D. Peterson

Strategic response to explosive and traumatic terrorism / Brian A. Krakover

The forensic evaluation of gunshot wounds associated with a terrorist event / William S. Smock

Homeland security / F. Marion Cain III and Gary L. Holt

The role of military medicine in civilian disaster response / Brian A. Krakover

Law enforcement related agencies / William Fabbri and Nelson Tang

Psychological impact of terrorism / Gregory Luke Larkin, Jay Woody, and Cynthia Claassen

Being a child in the midst of terrorism / Richard Aghababian ... [et al.]

Agricultural terrorism and its implication on the health care system / Timothy Rupp and Shane Zatkalik

Mass fatality incidents / Lynn Roppolo and Kathy Rinnert

Cyberterrorism / Brian Krakover.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4698-7701-5

OCLC:

908076091