Preparing hospitals for bioterror : a medical and biomedical systems approach /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: McIsaac, Joseph H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, [2006]
Subjects:
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