Medical Disaster Response : A Survival Guide for Hospitals in Mass Casualty E...

by Goldschmitt, David, M.D.; Bonvino, Robert, M.D.

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Medical Disaster Response : A Survival Guide for Hospitals in Mass Casualty Events, Hardcover by Goldschmitt, David, Bonvino, Robert, ., ISBN 1420061224, ISBN-13 9781420061222, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Offering strategies for medical disaster management, this guide for first and secondary responders and disaster planners and strategists addresses planning and response issues related to natural or man-made mass casualty disasters before, during, and after the events. Goldschmitt and Bonvino assemble 48 chapters that provide firsthand accounts of disasters; discuss aspects of disaster management such as hazard vulnerability analysis and disaster capacity; cover clinical issues like documentation and patient flow, and non-clinical issues like crowd control and communications; and address recovery strategies and special circumstances such as decontamination and radiation protection. Goldschmitt, an emergency physician with experience in disaster management, was chief of emergency at New York Downtown Hospital during 9/11. Bonvino is an OB/GYN who was involved in the medical response team at Ground Zero. Contributors work in nursing, emergency medicine and other medical fields, and security and safety, in the US, Canada, Spain, Japan, and Israel. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• ISBN: 9781420061222
• Condition: Fine

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