Medical Response to Terrorism: Preparedness and Clinical Practice
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (797 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0781749867 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 581 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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"medical response to terrorism" according to Howard W. Levitin, MD. The Medical Response to Terrorism Textbook is EXCELLENT - I have really enjoyed reading it (and I HATE reading textbooks). Each chapter is up to date, focused, and written in a manner more reminiscent of a novel than a medical textbook. Limiting the number of pages per chapter really forced the authors to be concise and made each topic more inviting to read. Great stuff - Dr. Keyes, et a
Emergency Medicine Australasia, 01-DEC-05, JosephEmergency Medicine Australasia, 01-DEC-05, Joseph Ting, MB BS (Qld), B Med Sci (Hons) -- "Medical Response to Terrorism: Preparedness and Clinical Practice is well timed (in the wake of the attacks on London), with seemingly unbridled escalation in terrorist activity, heightened societal awareness, and fear of, attack.This book provides a superb foundation upon which to base more practical, easy to use, site specific disaster algorithms and protocols for each jurisdiction or health-care facility."--Emergency Medicine AustralasiaThe California Journal of Emergency Medicine, 01-JUL-05, Michael Casner, MD -- "Medical Response to Terrorism was written to provide 'expert guidance for preparing and responding to terrorist events, ' and it largely succeeds. 213-215. It is clearly a textbook for the many groups of individuals and organizations that will be calle
Richard Schwartz (Missouri) is a Professor of English and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri, Columbia. Look for it in trade paperback from Midnight Ink in June 2006. . He has also taught at West Point and Georgetown, and is the author of six nonfiction books, including Nice and Noir: Contemporary Americ
The second section focuses on all-hazards preparedness for hospitals, communities, emergency medical services, and the media, and includes an important chapter on simulation of disasters.. The first section covers all agents potentially used in terrorist attacks—chemical, biologic, toxicologic, nuclear, and explosive—in a systematic format that includes background, triage, decontamination, signs and symptoms, medical management, personnel protection, and guidelines for notifying public health networks. This comprehensive reference provides all the information emergency departments and personnel need to prepare for and respo