Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine - A Practical Guide provides a framework for use by health professionals visiting a resource-constrained environment. Encompassing problems brought about by local conflict or natural disasters, the book covers preparation, organisation, logistics, treatment of major trauma and medical emergencies, and the special problems of delivering medicine in a hostile environment.
Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine - A Practical Guide comprehensively tackles:
- self-preparation of health professionals to face a range of medical and related problems which occur in hostile and remote environments;
- war and disaster medicine, covering acute management, rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention;
- bridging the fields of medicine, nursing, international relations, history, politics and economics.
The book also touches on nutrition, infection, trauma, psychiatry and psychological medicine and training.
James Ryan, Leonard Cheshire Professor of Conflict Recovery, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK Peter F Mahoney, Consultant Anaesthetist and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Conflict Medicine, Leonard Cheshire Centre, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK Ian Greaves, Lecturer in Conflict Medicine, Leonard Cheshire Centre, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK Gavin Bowyer, Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
Auflage
1st ed. 2002. Corr. 2nd printing
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
Maße
Höhe: 23.5 cm
Breite: 15.5 cm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-85233-348-5 (9781852333485)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4471-0215-1
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Preface
Foreword
SECTION 1. - MEDICAL INTERVENTION AND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
1. The World in the New Millennium - Globalisation and
Humanitarianism
2. The Spectrum of Conflict
3. Catastrophes - Natural and Man-Made Disasters
4. Refugees and Internally Displaced People
5. Medicine and Medical Aid in Remote Settings
A - Medical Aspects of Oil and Gas Exploration
B - The Falkland Islands, Expedition Medicine and Ship's Doctor
C - Medicine at the Ends of the Earth
6. Medical Interventions in Catastrophe and Conflict
7. The Players
A - The Humanitarian Aid Organisations
B - The Military - a Player, a Facilitator or the Cause of the
Problem
SECTION 2. - THE PROCESS & RELATED ISSUES
8. The Process
A - Getting Involved
B - Preparation
C - Arriving
D - Coming Home
9. A Guide to the Medical Student Elective Abroad
10. Avoiding Trouble - Cultural Issues
11. Dealing with Trouble - the Wider Issues
12. Psychological Aspects of the Provision of Medical Humanitarian
Aid
SECTION 3. - PLANNING, RELATED ISSUES & CLINICAL CARE
13. Pre-Hospital Planning
14. Aviation Medicine Aspects
15. Communications Technology and Range
16. Spectrum of Capability and Applied Communications
17. Acute Medical Problems
18. Women's Health
19. Children's Health
20. Trauma, Surgical and Related conditions
A. Introduction - Scene-Setting
B. Orthopaedics and Trauma
C. Ballistics and Blast
D. Abdominal and Acute Surgical Emergencies
E. Dental and ENT
F. Anaesthesia and Analgesia
SECTION 4. - AFTERMATH
21. Conflict Recovery
22. Hard Knocks and Hard Lessons
SECTION 5. - RESOURCES
23. Publications
24. Checklists, Suppliers and Specialist Advice
25. Using the Internet to Access the World Wide Web (www)
SECTION 6. - AND FINALLY
