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Handbook for Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness
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Second Edition
By
Tener Goodwin Veenema, PhD, MPH, MS, CPNP, FNAP, President and CEO, TenER Consulting Group, LLC; Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing and Assistant Professor
of Emergency Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Description
This color-coded, rapid-reference text includes all of the essential information you need to manage any disaster or emergency with mass
casualties. Coverage of each category of disaster?weather-related, public health, infectious disease, chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear,
and explosive?offers vital content on dealing with the injuries and nursing protocols for each scenario. Plus, information on disaster
sites and clinical management prepares you to take action at the scene or in the hospital setting.
Contents
Part 1 Basics
1. Disaster Management
Part 2 Natural and Public Health Disasters
2.
Weather-Related and Environmental Disasters
3. Public Health Emergencies
4. Emerging Infectious Diseases
Part
3 Weaponry and Human-Caused Disasters
5. Chemical Emergencies
6. Biological Agents
7. Radiological and
Nuclear Disasters
8. Explosives / Mass Casualty Events
Part 4 Priorities in Disaster Site Management
9.
Personal Protective Equipment
10. Triage
11. Decontamination
Part 5 Clinical Management
12.
Burn Management
13. Victim Assessment and Management
14. On-Scene Management
15. Psychological Considerations
16.
Disaster Settings
17. Mass Immunization Clinics
18. Legal Implications
Appendices: Customizable References
and Information
A. Family Disaster Plan
B. Contacts: Local and State Public Health Information
Glossary of Terms
and Acronyms
References
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Spiral Bound, 320 pages, publication date: DEC-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-06361-6
ISBN-10: 0-323-06361-6
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 20 Feb 2010
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