Disaster preparedness and response /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rega, Paul (Author)
Corporate Author:	Oxford Academic Medicine
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:	What do I do now?. Emergency medicine.
Subjects:	Disasters. Emergency management. Emergency medical services. Emergency medicine. Disasters Disaster Planning Emergency Medical Services Emergency Medicine Catastrophes. Gestion des situations d'urgence. Services des urgences médicales. Médecine d'urgence. disasters. disaster planning. emergency medical centers. Emergency management Emergency medical services Emergency medicine Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Pile-up on the pike : first in
Triage and Napoleon Bonaparte
The hospital disaster committee : a challenge, a curse, or both?
When even the birds die....
The Bat-Phone rings : the tornado and the trailer park
The Bat-Phone rings again : a basketball game, a yellow-green cloud, and seizing victims
The case of the pesticide and the melancholy farmer
Hydrofluoric acid : one of the worst HAZMAT agents you never heard of
Fever, rash, and one helluva cough : one approach to a biological incident, etiology unknown
A pruno party gone awry
"Is that a car backfiring?" : the active assailant
Explosions along the riverfront : a tragic accident
They're bombing the open-air market!
"We're evacuating the hospital...now!"
Zap, sizzle, and fizz : contamination, irradiation, and trauma
From fireball to mushroom cloud
Pandemic : hospital preparedness and response for the future
They want you! : a regional response to a future pandemic
My home, my castle......I hope!
A vehicle for all seasons
End of shift
Select hazardous materials
Category A bioterror agents and beyond
A calendar of notable disasters in history.