Disaster nursing and emergency preparedness for chemical, biological, and radiological terrorism and other hazards / Tener Goodwin Veenema, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Veenema, Tener Goodwin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disaster nursing.

Emergency management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxv, 764 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this third edition Dr. Veenema continues her mission to help our nation's nurses develop the knowledge and skills needed to efficiently and effectively respond to disasters. Many times nurses assume that they aren't emergency responders, so they don't need to understand how the system works. When a disaster strikes a community-whether it's a bus accident, a tornado, a hurricane or terrorist attack-nurses will be on the front lines helping those who are in need. To protect themselves, their families and their communities, nurses need to understand the principles and content of this comprehensive textbook. -- Publisher

Contents:

Disaster preparedness. Essentials of disaster planning

Leadership and coordination in disaster health care systems: the U.S. National response framework

Emergency health services

Hospital and emergency department preparedness

Human services in disasters and public health emergencies: social disruption, individual empowerment, and community resilience

Disaster mental health. Understanding the psychosocial impact of disasters

Management of the psychosocial effects of disasters

American Red Cross disaster health services and disaster nursing: national capability-local community impact

Disaster management. Legal and ethical issues in disaster response

Crisis communication: the role of the media

Disaster management

Disaster triage

Emergency medical consequence planning for special events, mass gatherings, and mass casualty incidents

Management of burn mass casualty incidents

Traumatic injury due to explosives and blast effects

Global disasters and complex human emergencies. Natural disasters

Restoring public health under disaster conditions: basic sanitation, water and food supply, and shelter

Climate change and the nurse's role in policy and practice

Environmental disasters and emergencies

Complex humanitarian emergencies

Disaster relief nursing in the 21st century

Disasters caused by chemical, biological, and radiological agents. Biological and chemical terrorism: a unique threat

Surveillance systems for detection of biological events

Biological agents of concern

Early recognition and detection of biological events

Infectious disease emergencies

Medical countermeasures dispensing

Chemical agents of concern

Decontamination and personal protective equipment

Radiological incidents and emergencies

High risk high vulnerability populations. Identifying and accommodating high risk, high vulnerability populations in disasters

Unique needs of children during disasters and other public health emergencies

Disaster nursing in schools and other community congregate child care settings

Care of the pregnant woman and newborn following a disaster

Caring for patients with HIV and AIDS following a disaster

Special topics in disasters. Information technology in disaster management

National nurse preparedness: achieving competency based practice

The role of the public health nurse in disaster response

Directions for disaster nursing research and development

epilogue. Disaster recovery: creating sustainable disaster resistant communities

Appendix. Public health preparedness and response: core competency model

Appendix II: Glossary of terms commonly used in disaster preparedness and response

Appendix III: Patient isolation precautions

Appendix IV: Federal Emergency Management Agency: emergency response action steps

Appendix V: Creating a personal disaster plan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78402-774-X

0-8261-0865-2

OCLC:

815482178