Table of Contents
1.
INTRODUCTION TO DISASTER MANAGEMENT
2.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
3.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
4.
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
5.
PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT
6.
TRAUMA CARE AND SURGICAL TREATMENT
7.
SHOTGUN (BULLET), SHRAPNEL, AND BLAST INJURIES
8.
HYPOTHERMIA AND COLD INJURIES
9.
FIRE DISASTER AND BURNS
10.
BIOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES - EPIDEMICS, BIOTERRORISM, AND EMERGING INFECTIONS
11.
CHEMICAL EMERGENCIES
12.
RADIATION EMERGENCIES
13.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA AND POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
14.
HEALTH CARE DURING WAR AND UNDER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES
APPENDIX
I
Language translation of common phrases
II
START Triage Tag, Smart Tag, and Triage Tag used for decontamination
III
Vascular anatomy and cardiovascular resuscitation
IV
Emergency preparedness - organizations, resources, agencies, and centers
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