Preparing hospitals for bioterror : a medical and biomedical systems approach /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier Academic Press,
[2006]
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Table of Contents:
- Recurring pitfalls in hospital preparedness and response
- The history and threat of biological weapons and bioterrorism
- Hospital syndromic surveillance
- Biological agents, effects, treatment, and differential diagnosis
- Medical considerations for radiological terrorism
- Nerve and chemical agents
- Decontamination and personal protection
- EMS preparation for terrorist events
- Emergency department preparation
- Pediatrics : special considerations for children
- The role of psychiatry and social services in the hospital response to bioterrorism
- Bioterrorism and obstetric : the exposed pregnant patient
- Operating room preparation for mass casualties
- Bioterrorism and implications for nurses and nursing
- The role of pharmacy in emergency preparedness
- The clinical engineering department role in emergency preparedness
- Amateur radio support for hospitals
- Hospital power : critical care
- Electromagnetic interference
- Chapter for simulation for bioterrorism
- Simulation II : preparing for biodisasters
- Hospital large-scale drills
- Response to SARS as a prototype for bioterrorism : lessons in a regional hospital in Hong Kong