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Field Guide to Global Health & Disaster Medicine
- 1st Edition - April 14, 2021
- Author: James A. Chambers
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 4 1 2 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 4 1 3 - 8
While serving as a physician overseas in resource-poor countries, Dr. James Chambers recognized the need for a practical, portable reference for non-specialist healthcare providers… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWhile serving as a physician overseas in resource-poor countries, Dr. James Chambers recognized the need for a practical, portable reference for non-specialist healthcare providers to orient them to common issues when serving in new situations, whether due to geography, austere environments, or complex humanitarian disasters. Field Guide to Global Health and Disaster Medicine draws on the experience, training, and perspectives of committed healthcare providers from diverse nations and backgrounds to provide the most essential information for maximum utility in the field—whether in a refugee camp, operating room, disaster response scene, or other demanding environment.
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Helps providers prepare for service overseas, organize data to develop differential diagnoses, assimilate information on infectious and environmental diseases, and effectively serve the patients they will encounter.
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Provides concise, easy-to-read coverage of how to approach a differential diagnosis for infectious diseases overseas; nutritional, sexual, and environmental conditions; surgical and anesthesia care; long-term and short-term systems-based challenges, and more.
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Covers key topics such as Approach to Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, Medical Response to Disasters, Mental Health in War and Crisis Regions, and Considerations for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.
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Acknowledges the wide variance of different cultures, motives, resources, and limitations in the global health arena, and helps readers understand the factors which impact the efficacy and sustainability of care strategies.
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Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Clinicians who plan to serve in non-Western or austere settings and/or care for patients from those areas as well as participate in disaster response.
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before You Leave Home: Immunizations and Preventive Measures for Travel
- Chapter Outline
- Introduction
- Health and Evacuation Insurance
- Vaccinations
- Vaccine Overview
- Prevention and Chemoprophylaxis of Vector-Borne Disease
- Travelers’ Diarrhea
- Environmental Factors
- Other Infectious Risks
- Chapter 2 Global Infectious Diseases: Four Steps Toward a Differential Diagnosis
- Chapter Outline
- Symptoms and Signs
- Diarrhea
- Incubation/Latency Period
- Geography
- Vectors and Environmental Exposures
- Chapter 3 Specific Infectious Diseases
- Chapter Outline
- Bacterial Infections
- Protozoa
- Helminths: Nematodes
- Helminths: Cestodes
- Helminths: Trematodes
- Viral Infections
- Fungal Infections
- Resources for Further Learning
- References and Further Reading
- Chapter 4 Laboratory Techniques and Procedures
- Chapter Outline
- Introduction
- Parasitological Methods
- Methods for Rapid Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases
- Other Diagnostic Methods and Conclusions
- Suggested Reading
- References
- Chapter 5 Nutritional Diseases of Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Chapter Outline
- Introduction
- The Global Burden of Malnutrition
- Basic Terminology in Global Nutrition
- Assessing Malnutrition
- Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition
- Treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition
- Micronutrient Deficiencies
- Secondary Consequences of Malnutrition
- Appendix: Specific Malnutrition Conditions
- References
- Chapter 6 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Chapter Outline
- Diseases Characterized by Genital, Anal, orPerianal Ulcers
- Diseases Characterized by Urethritis and Cervicitis
- Diseases Characterized By Vaginal Discharge
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Epididymitis
- Human Papilloma Virus (Genital Warts, Plantar Warts, Cervical Warts)
- Resources for Further Learning
- Chapter 7 Bites and Stings
- Chapter Outline
- Bites
- Stings
- Marine Envenomations
- References
- Chapter 8 Global Toxicology
- Chapter Outline
- General Principles
- Pesticides
- Insecticides
- Herbicides
- Heavy Metals
- Antimalarials
- Antituberculous Medications
- Marine Food Poisoning
- Chapter 9 Environmental Diseases and Injuries
- Chapter Outline
- Environmental Diseases
- Heat Stress and Illness
- Solar Radiation
- Scuba Diving Disorders
- Aerospace Medicine
- References
- Chapter 10 Public Health and Field Epidemiology
- Chapter Outline
- Site Selection/Establishing Camp
- Water
- Food
- Toileting
- Waste Disposal
- Vector Control
- Animals/Livestock
- Surveillance
- Outbreak Investigation
- General Epidemiologic Principles
- Data Collection
- Data Analysis
- Decision-Making
- Risk Communication
- References
- Chapter 11 Refugees and Internally-Displaced Persons
- Chapter Outline
- Background
- Approach to the Challenges Confronting Internally Displaced Persons/Refugee Children
- Postemergency Phase
- Refugee/Internally Displaced Persons Women
- Reproductive Health
- Poverty and Lack of Financial Support
- Mental Health Issues
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12 Austere Surgery and Anesthesia
- Chapter Outline
- Surgery
- Anesthesia
- Conclusion
- Disclaimer
- References
- Chapter 13 Mental Health in Crisis Regions
- Chapter Outline
- Introduction
- Prevalence
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Care
- Implementation of Programs in the Aftermath ofWar and Terror
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 14 Radiological, Biological, and Chemical Agents
- Chapter Outline
- Further Reading
- Biological Warfare Agents
- Chemical Warfare Agents
- Nuclear Weapons
- Further Reading
- Chapter 15 Medical Response to Disasters
- Chapter Outline
- Epidemiology of Disasters
- Medical Response to Disasters
- Search and Rescue
- Disaster Triage
- Definitive Care
- International Disasters: The Players
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 16 Considerations for Pandemic Preparedness and Response
- Chapter Outline
- Introduction
- The Continuum of Pandemic Phases With Indicative World Health Organization Actions
- Additional Thoughts
- Additional Reading
- References
- Chapter 17 Strengthening and Supporting Health Systems
- Chapter Outline
- Value and Challenges of Health Systems Strengthening
- A History of Health Systems Strengthening
- Current Concepts in Health Systems Strengthening
- Supporting Versus Strengthening Health Systems
- A Streamlined Framework for Understanding Health Systems in Conflict-Afflicted States
- Conclusion
- Suggested Reading
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 416
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 14, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323794121
- eBook ISBN: 9780323794138
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James A. Chambers
Dr Chambers trained in the US Air Force and spent 6 years practicing public health and primary care in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, working closely with host-nation healthcare providers. He then pursued surgical training and published three books on surgery with Jones & Bartlett. Upon being recruited to the Pentagon, he led the DoD’s International Health Specialist (IHS) Program and the Defense Institute for Medical Operations (DIMO). Dr Chambers trained DoD medical personnel to build partnerships to improve other nations’ medical capability and disaster preparedness. Through DIMO, Dr Chambers deployed 60 mobile training teams/year around the globe to teach topics from HIV/AIDS policy to trauma surgical techniques. Since then, he has continued to advance global health by publishing in peer-reviewed journals, coordinating high-level health exchanges with China, supporting the UN, and helping develop policy with NGOs and partner governments related to health systems strengthening and security.
Affiliations and expertise
Colonel, US Air Force, MC, SFS, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland; Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts