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Medical response to terrorism : preparedness and clinical practice /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Keyes, Daniel C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2005]
Subjects:
Terrorism.
Communicable Disease Control.
Disaster Planning.
Emergency Medical Services.
Poisoning.
Radiation Injuries.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. Agents of terrorism and medical management
  • Sec. 1. Chemical terrorism
  • Chemical nerve agents
  • Vesicating agents including mustard and Lewisite
  • Cyanide
  • Phosgene and toxic gases
  • Incapacitating agents : BZ, calmative agents, and riot control agents
  • Sec. 2. Biological agents
  • Anthrax
  • Plague
  • Smallpox
  • Viral hemorrhagic fevers
  • Lesser known biological agents and potential threats
  • Sec. 3. Biochemical terrorism
  • Botulinum : the most toxic substance known
  • Toxins
  • Sec. 4. Nuclear terrorism
  • Types of radiation: basic theory explained for the nonphysicist
  • Detection of nuclear radiation
  • Personal protection and decontamination for radiation emergencies
  • Treatment of radiation exposure and contamination
  • Radiation dispersal devices, dirty bombs, and nonconventional radiation exposure
  • Detonation of a nuclear device
  • Nuclear power plant disasters
  • Sec. 5. Explosives and traumatic terrorism
  • Types of explosions and explosive injuries defined
  • Case study : terrorism and explosive trauma : the Columbian experience
  • Structure collapse, extrication, crush syndrome, and rhabdomyolysis
  • Pt. 2. All-hazards preparedness for terrorism
  • Sec. 6. Planning preparedness for terrorism
  • Introduction to all-hazards preparedness and planning for terrorism
  • Scene preparedness
  • Hospital preparedness
  • Case study : hospital preparedness for disaster : the Israeli experience
  • Community public health preparedness
  • Mass gathering preparedness
  • Federal, state, regional, and local resource access and utilization
  • Sec. 7. Equipment preparedness for terrorism
  • Personal protective equipment
  • All-hazards approach to decontamination
  • Detection, prediction, and surveillance
  • Sec. 8. Communications preparedness for terrorism
  • Health care facilities and interagency communication during terrorism
  • Media and communications preparedness for terrorist events
  • Sec. 9. Training preparedness for terrorism
  • Exercises and educational courses in terrorism preparedness
  • Technology applications in preparedness training
  • Sec. 10. Operational medical preparedness for terrorism
  • Strategic response to explosive and traumatic terrorism
  • The forensic evaluation of gunshot wounds associated with a terrorist event
  • Homeland security
  • The role of military medicine in civilian disaster response
  • Law enforcement-related agencies
  • Sec. 11. Special considerations for terrorist events
  • Psychological impact of terrorism
  • Being a child in the midst of terrorism
  • Agricultural terrorism and its implication on the health care system
  • Mass fatality incidents
  • Cyberterrorism