Disaster Rules
Published on 1. September 2010
180 pages
978-1-4443-2969-8 (ISBN)
Description
The 80 rules you need to prepare for action in a medicaldisaster
Here are 80 disaster management rules to reflect on, rememberand follow in the immediate aftermath of an incident involving masscasualties. Each rule is a single-page long, providing theessential information to inform the most common critical decisionsyou will have to make in either a civilian or militaryenvironment.
Written by clinicians with deep clinical and operationalexperience, these rules are concise evidence-based guidelines forall medical personnel dealing with disasters at the scene or inhospital. Based on the Major Incident Medical Management andSupport system widely adopted in the UK, mainland Europe,Australasia and NATO, they are both authoritative andeffective.
Reviews / Votes
"In twelve short chapters, this excellent and concise pocke-sizedbook presents 80 'disaster rules' concerning triage afterchemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents".(Emergency Nurse, 1 March 2011)More details
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Persons
Rob Russell
Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine, Academic Department ofMilitary Emergency Medicine, Birmingham, UK
Timothy J. Hodgetts
Professor of Emergency Medicine
Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Birmingham,UK
Peter F. Mahoney
Senior Lecturer in Critical Care, The Royal Centre for DefenceMedicine, Birmingham, UK
Nicholas Castle
Department of Anaesthetics, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, UK
Content
Introduction.
Chapter 1 Golden Rules.
Chapter 2 Command and Control Rules.
Chapter 3 Safety Rules.
Chapter 4 Communication Rules.
Chapter 5 Assessment Rules.
Chapter 6 Triage Rules.
Chapter 7 Treatment Rules.
Chapter 8 Transport Rules.
Chapter 9 Hospital Rules.
Chapter 10 Mass Gatherings Rules.
Chapter 11 Special Incidents Rules.
Chapter 12 The Last Rule.
Index.
