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Ciottone's Disaster Medicine

  • 3rd Edition - March 7, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Gregory R. Ciottone
  • Language: English

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Emergency Medicine**While medical specialists in disaster mitigation, preparedness, and response are needed worldwide, the initial p… Read more

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Emergency Medicine**

While medical specialists in disaster mitigation, preparedness, and response are needed worldwide, the initial phase of disaster response is almost entirely dependent upon local resources—making it essential that all healthcare personnel have a working knowledge of the field and stand ready to integrate into the response system. Ciottone's Disaster Medicine, 3rd Edition, is the most comprehensive reference available to help accomplish these goals in every community. It thoroughly covers isolated domestic events as well as global disasters and humanitarian crises. Dr. Gregory Ciottone and more than 200 worldwide authorities share their knowledge and expertise on the preparation, assessment, and management of both natural and man-made disasters, including lessons learned by the responders to contemporary disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian and western U.S. wildfires, European heatwaves, the Beirut explosion, recent hurricanes and typhoons, and the global refugee crisis.

Key features

  • Part 1 offers an A-to-Z resource for every aspect of disaster medicine and management, while Part 2 features an exhaustive compilation of every conceivable disaster event, organized to facilitate quick reference in a real-time setting
  • Covers basic concepts such as identification of risks, organizational preparedness, equipment planning, disaster education and training, and more advanced concepts such as disaster risk reduction, health in complex emergencies, building local disaster resiliency, psychological impact of disasters on children, and more
  • Contains new decision trees throughout that help guide you through the decision-making process in difficult situations
  • Uses an easy-to-follow, templated approach to historical perspectives, overviews of current practice including pre-incident and post-incident actions, medical treatment of casualties, and potential pitfalls
  • Includes updated sections on man-made disasters, including mass casualties, active shooter situations, integrated response to terrorist attacks, and chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear/high-yield explosives disasters
  • Discusses the latest technologies, such as the use of mobile disaster applications, drone response systems, and virtual reality simulation training
  • Features thoroughly updated information on crisis leadership, practical applications of disaster epidemiology, disaster and climate change, and the integration of non-government agencies (NGOs) in disaster response—a critical topic for those responding to humanitarian needs overseas
  • Includes new chapters on Pandemic Preparedness and Response, Disaster Medicine in a Changing Climate, Disaster Response in Asia, Building Local Capacity and Disaster Resiliency, Civilian-Military Coordination in Disaster Response, Medical Simulation in Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Nursing, Crisis Meta-Leadership, Palliative Care in Disasters, Counter-Terrorism Medicine, SARS CoV (COVID-19 and SARS), and Disasters in Space Travel
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Table of contents

1 Introduction to Disaster Medicine

2 Public Health and Disasters

3 Role of Emergency Medical Services in Disaster Management and Preparedness

4 Role of Emergency Medicine in Disaster Management

5 Role of Hospitals in Disaster

6 Pandemic Preparedness and Response

7 Health In Complex Emergencies

8 Disaster Medicine in a Changing Climate

9 Children and Disaster

10 Psychological Impact of Disaster on Displaced Populations and Refugees of Multiple Traumas

11 Ethical Issues in Disaster Medicine

12 Issues of Liability in Emergency Response

13 Disaster Response in the United States

14 Disaster Response in Europe

15 Disaster Response in Asia

16 Building Local Capacity and Disaster Resiliency

17 Local Disaster Response in the United States

18 State Disaster Response: Systems and Programs

19 Selected U.S. Federal Disaster Response Agencies and Capabilities

20 Global Disaster Response and Emergency Medical Teams

21 Civil-Military Coordination in Disaster Response

22 Evaluation of emerging data to inform disaster response

23 Disaster/Emergency Management Programs

24 Emergency Department Design

25 Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

26 Public Information Management

27 Informatics and Information Technology in Disaster Medicine

28 Medical Simulation in Disaster Preparedness

29 Disaster Mitigation

30 Disaster Risk Management

31 Vaccines

32 Occupational and Environmental Medicine: An Asset in Time of Crisis

33 Worker Health and Safety in Disaster Response

34 Disaster Preparedness

35 Policy Issues in Disaster Preparedness and Response

36 Mutual Aid

37 Disaster Nursing

38 Patient Surge

39 Accidental Versus Intentional Event

40 CRISIS META-LEADERSHIP AND THE PRACTICE OF DISASTER MEDICINE

41 The Incident Command System

42 Scene Safety and Situational Awareness in Disaster Response

43 Pre- and Post-Disaster Needs Assessment

44 Operations and Logistics

45 Disaster Communications

46 Mobile Disaster Applications

47 The Role of Social Media in Disasters

48 Volunteers and Donations

49 Personal Protective Equipment

50 Role of Bystanders in Disasters

51 Disaster Surveillance Systems

52 Use of Geographic Information Systems in Crises

53 Management of Mass Fatalities

54 Disaster Management of Animals

55 Urban Search and Rescue

56 Triage

57 Patient Tracking Systems in Disasters

58 Mass Gatherings

59 Infectious Disease in a Disaster Zone

60 Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment in Disasters

61 Displaced Populations

62 Palliative Care in Disasters

63 Rehabilitation and Reconstruction

64 Disaster Education and Research

65 Practical Applications of Disaster Epidemiology

66 Measures of Effectiveness in Disaster Management

67 Counter-Terrorism Medicine

68 The Psychology of Terrorism

69 Thinking Outside the Box: Health Service Support Considerations in the Era of Asymmetrical Threats

70 Integrated Response to Terrorist Attacks

71 Coordinated Attack

72 Active Shooter Response

73 Hostage Taking

74 Civil Unrest and Rioting

75 Introduction to Explosions and Blasts

76 Suicide Bomber

77 Improvised Explosive Devices : IED and VBIED

78 Conventional Explosions at Mass Gatherings

79 Nuclear and Radiation Disaster Management

80 Dirty Bomb (Radiological Dispersal Device)

81 General Approach to Chemical Attack

82 Biological Attack

83 Future Biological and Chemical Weapons

84 Directed-Energy Weapons

85 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Quarantine

86 Decontamination: Chemical and Radiation

87 Military Lessons Learned for Disaster Response

88 Integration of Law Enforcement and Military Resources with the Emergency Response to a Terrorist Incident

89 Tactical Emergency Medical Support

90 Operational Rescue

91 Operations Security, Site Security, and Incident Response

92 Medical Intelligence

93 Dignitary Protective Medicine

94 Introduction to Natural Disasters

95 Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons

96 Earthquake

97 Tornado

98 Flood

99 Tsunami

100 Heat Wave

101 Winter Storm

102 Volcanic Eruption

103 Famine

104 Landslides

105 Avalanche

106 Introduction to Nuclear and Radiological Disasters

107 Nuclear Detonation

108 Radiation Accident—Isolated and Dispersed Exposure

109 Nuclear Power Plant Meltdown

110 Introduction to Chemical Disasters

111 Industrial-Chemical Disasters

112 Nerve-Agent Mass Casualty Incidents

113 Vesicant Agent Attack

114 Respiratory-Agent Mass Casualty Incident (Toxic Inhalational Injury)

115 Asphyxiant (Cyanide) Attack

116 Antimuscarinic Agent Attack

117 Mass Casualty Incidents from Hallucinogenic Agents: LSD, Other Indoles, and Phenylethylamine Derivatives

118 Opioid Agent Attack

119 Caustic Agent Mass Casualty Incident, with Special Emphasis on Hydrogen Fluoride (HF)

120 Mass Casualties from Crowd-Control Agents

121 Cholinergic Agent Attack (Nicotine, Epibatidine, and Anatoxin-A)

122 Anesthetic-Agent Mass Casualty Incident

123 Introduction to Biologic Agents

124 Bacillus Anthracis (Anthrax) Attack

125 Yersinia Pestis (Plague) Bioterrorism Attack

126 Francisella Tularensis (Tularemia) Attack

127 Brucella Species (Brucellosis) Attack

128 Coxiella burnetii (Q Fever) Attack

129 Rickettsia prowazekii Attack (Typhus Fever)

130 Orientia Tsutsugamushi (Scrub Typhus) Attack

131 Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever) Attack

132 Vibrio cholerae (Cholera) Attack

133 Shigella dysenteriae (Shigellosis) Attack

134 Salmonella (Salmonellosis and Typhoid Fever) Attack

135 Burkholderia (Glanders and Melioidosis) Attack

136 Chlamydophila psittaci (Psittacosis) Attack

137 Escherichia coli O157:H7 Attack (Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli )

138 Viral Encephalitis caused by Alphaviruses

139 Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Attack

140 Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Attack

141 Variola Major Virus (Smallpox) Attack

142 Influenza Virus Attack

143 Monkeypox Attack

144 Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Attack

145 Henipavirus Attack: Hendra and Nipah Viruses

146 SARS-CoV (COVID-19 and SARS)

147 Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Attack

148 Clostridium botulinum Toxin (Botulism) Attack

149 Clostridium perfringens Toxin (Epsilon Toxin) Attack

150 Marine Toxin Attack

151 T-2 Toxin (Trichothecene Mycotoxins) Attack

152 Ricin Toxin from Ricinus communis (Castor Bean) Attack

153 Aflatoxin (Aspergillus Species) Attack

154 Coccidioides immitis (Coccidioidomycosis) Attack

155 Histoplasma capsulatum (Histoplasmosis) Attack

156 Cryptosporidium parvum (Cryptosporidiosis) Attack

157 Explosions: Fireworks

158 Rocketpropelled Grenade Attack

159 Conventional Explosion at a Hospital

160 Conventional Explosion in a High-Rise Building

161 Conventional Explosion at a Nuclear Power Plant

162 Tunnel Explosion

163 Liquified Natural Gas Explosion

164 Liquified Natural Gas Tanker Truck Explosion

165 Petroleum Distillation and Processing Facility Explosion

166 Introduction to Fires and Burns

167 Structure Fires

168 Wildland Fires and the Wildland Urban Interface

169 Tunnel Fire

170 Gunshot Attack: Mass Casualties

171 Sniper Attack

172 Introduction To Structural Collapse (Crush Injury and Crush Syndrome)

173 Train Derailment

174 Subway Derailment

175 Bus Accident

176 Aircraft Crash Preparedness and Response

177 Air Show Disaster

178 Asteroid Impacts, Orbital Debris and Spacecraft Re-entry Disasters

179 Building Collapse

180 Bridge Collapse

181 Human Stampede

182 Mining Accident

183 Submarine or Surface Vessel Accident

184 Aircraft Hijacking

185 Aircraft Crash into a High-Rise Building

186 Maritime Disasters

187 Cruise Ship Infectious Disease Outbreak

188 Massive Power System Failures

189 Hospital Power Outages

190 Intentional Contamination of Water Supplies

191 Food-Supply Contamination

192 Ecological Terrorism

193 Computer and Electronic Terrorism and Emergency Medical Services

194 Disasters in Space Travel: From Earth to Orbit, and Beyond

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 7, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editor

GC

Gregory R. Ciottone

Affiliations and expertise
Director, Division of Disaster Medicine, BIDMC, Director, Disaster Medicine Fellowship Program, BIDMC, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Instructor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, President, World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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