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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Disaster nursing and emergency preparedness for chemical, biological, and radiological terrorism and other hazards. New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2003 (OCoLC)607642737 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Tener Goodwin Veenema |
| ISBN: | 0826121438 9780826121431 |
| OCLC Number: | 51857075 |
| Description: | xxviii, 586 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Essentials of disaster planning -- Leadership and coordination in disaster health care systems: the federal disaster response network -- Understanding the psychosocial impact of disasters -- Legal and ethical issues in disaster response -- Communication: the role of the media -- Overview of disaster management -- Disaster triage and chemical decontamination -- Restoring public health under disaster conditions: basic sanitation, water and food supply, and shelter -- Managing emergencies outside of the hospital: special events and mass casualties -- Management of psychosocial effects -- Unique needs of children during disasters and other public health emergencies -- Natural disasters -- Environmental disasters and emergencies -- Biological and chemical terrorism: a unique threat -- Surveillance systems for bioterrorism -- Biological agents of concern -- Early recognition and detection of biological events -- Design and implementation of mass immunization and prophylactic antibiotics clinics -- Chemical agents of concern -- Radiological incidents and emergencies -- Directions for nursing education -- Directions for nursing research and development -- International disaster nursing -- Appendices. Internet resources on disaster preparedness, emergency care, and bioterrorism -- Glossary of terms commonly used in disaster preparedness and response -- Bioterrorism emergency planning and preparedness questionnare for health care facilities -- Federal emergency management agency: emergency response action steps -- Anthrax summary -- Botulism summary -- Plague summary -- Smallpox summary -- Tularemia summary -- Viral hemorrhagic fevers summary -- Biological weapon agent lab identification -- Patient isolation precautions -- Creating a personal disaster plan -- JCAHO emergency management standards. |
| Responsibility: | Tener Goodwin Veenema, editor. |
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