E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten
Hawley / Matheson Making Sense of Disaster Medicine: A Hands-on Guide for Medics
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4822-1280-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-4822-1280-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Disaster Medicine is a broad and dynamic field that encompasses the medical and surgical response to mass casualty incidents including rail, air and road traffic accidents, domestic terrorism, and pandemic outbreaks, as well as the global issues of conflict and natural catastrophe.
With conflict and catastrophe never far from today's news, Disaster Medicine is growing in importance for all medics at home as well as abroad.
Making Sense of Disaster Medicine is essential reading for all medical students and professionals who may find themselves responding to incidents on the scale of the July 2005 London bombings or the May 2008 Chinese earthquake.
- The ideal introductory guide to Disaster Medicine
- With contributions by international authorities in the field
- Easy-to-read layout, featuring 'thinking points', 'pearls of wisdom' and 'hazards'
- Each chapter concludes with a summary and list of key resources
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheitstechnik
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Notfallmedizin & Unfallmedizin (inkl. Notdienste)
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Arbeitsmedizin
Weitere Infos & Material
Disaster medicine: Evolution of a specialty
The medical response to domestic terrorism and major incident management
Managing national mass casualty incidents
Classification of disasters
Pre- and post-deployment
Medicine in the field
Surgery in disasters
Psychological aspects of conflict and catastrophe
Marginalized groups in disasters
Healthcare in refugee populations
The realities of war
The hazards of the job
The ethics of Disaster Medicine
Electives in the developing world