Major incident medical management and support : the practical approach to pre-hospital incident command / [electronic resource]
by Wieteska, Susan; Mackway-Jones, Kevin; Advanced Life Support Group (Manchester, England).
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BookPublisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012Edition: 3rd ed. / Sue Wieteska, Kevin Mackway-Jones.Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9781444398236; 1444398237; 9781444398205; 1444398202.Uniform titles: Major incident medical management and support.Subject(s): Disaster medicine | Hospitals | Disaster hospitals | Disaster Planning -- organization & administration | Emergency Medical Services -- organization & administration | Emergency Medicine -- methods | Disaster hospitals | Disaster medicine | Hospitals | Electronic booksOnline resources: Wiley Online Library Revised edition of: Major incident medical management and support / Advanced Life Support Goup ; by Simon Carley, Kevin Mackway-Jones. 2nd ed. 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The structured approach to major incidents -- Health service structure and roles -- Emergency service organisation and roles -- Support service organisation and roles -- Planning -- Personal equipment -- Medical equipment -- Training -- Command and control -- Health service scene layout -- Safety at the scene -- Communications -- Triage -- Treatment -- Transport -- Hazardous materials (HAZMAT), chemical, biological, radiological & nuclear (CBRN) -- Incidents involving large numbers of children -- Management of a major incident with multiple burn casualties -- Mass gatherings -- Natural disasters -- Uncompensated major incidents.
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