ABSTRACT

While the job of a clinician in a disaster scenario is to save lives without regard for the cause or rationale for the injury, medical and emergency professionals who understand the diverse aspects of a disaster are better equipped to respond effectively. Giving emergency personnel the tools they need to perform in catastrophic situations, Medical

part |2 pages

SECTION I: BACKGROUND AND PHILOSOPHY

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|14 pages

Worst Case Scenario

chapter 3|22 pages

Th inking Outside the Box

chapter 4|18 pages

Emergency Professionals

chapter 5|16 pages

Cascade Eff ect

chapter 6|20 pages

Profi le of Terrorism

chapter 7|16 pages

Disaster Identifi cation

chapter 8|22 pages

Types of Disasters

chapter 9|18 pages

Progression of Disaster Care

part |2 pages

SECTION II: FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS

chapter 13|16 pages

Jerusalem: One of Our Own

chapter 14|20 pages

Toronto: Th e Courage to Care

chapter 16|14 pages

Tokyo: Terror in the Subway

part |2 pages

SECTION III: DISASTER MANAGEMENT-PARAMETERS

chapter 18|16 pages

Incident Command: Philosophy

chapter 19|14 pages

Incident Command: Structure

chapter 20|16 pages

Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

chapter 21|18 pages

Target Risk Score

chapter 22|18 pages

Disaster Capacity Framework

chapter 25|12 pages

Syndromic Surveillance

chapter 26|14 pages

Affi liation Agreements

part |2 pages

SECTION IV: DISASTER MANAGEMENT-CLINICAL ISSUES

chapter 27|20 pages

Patient Flow

chapter 28|16 pages

Discharge Unit

chapter 29|20 pages

Physical Plant

chapter 30|18 pages

Staffi ng Parameters

chapter 31|18 pages

Documentation

chapter 32|20 pages

Victim Lists

chapter 33|18 pages

EMS and PPE

part |2 pages

SECTION V: DISASTER MANAGEMENT-NON-CLINICAL ISSUES

chapter 34|12 pages

Crowd Control

chapter 35|14 pages

Security and Surveillance

chapter 36|16 pages

Government Support

chapter 37|16 pages

Communications

chapter 38|18 pages

Social Services

part |2 pages

SECTION VI: RECOVERY STRATEGIES

chapter 40|14 pages

Government Oversight

chapter 41|18 pages

Corporate Fundraising

chapter 42|14 pages

Public and Private Philanthropy

chapter 43|16 pages

Government Funding

chapter 45|18 pages

Marketing

part |2 pages

SECTION VII: SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

chapter 46|16 pages

Decontamination

chapter 47|8 pages

Isolation

chapter 48|6 pages

Radiation Protection

part |2 pages

SECTION VIII: APPENDICES

chapter |12 pages

Conclusions

chapter |4 pages

Bibliography

chapter |2 pages

Organizations