Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide

✍ Scribed by Jim Ryan, John Lumley (auth.), James Ryan MB, BCh, BAO, MCh, FRCS, DMCC, FFAEM (Hon), Peter F. Mahoney TD, MSc, FRCA, FFARCSI, FIMC, RCS (Edin), DMCC, Ian Greaves MB, ChB, MRCP (UK), DMCC, DipIMCRCS (Ed), Gavin Bowyer MB, BCh, MChir, FRCS(Orth) (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer London
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 404
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The World in the New Millennium - Globalisation and Humanitarianism....Pages 3-10
The Spectrum of Conflict....Pages 11-25
Catastrophes - Natural and Man-Made Disasters....Pages 27-48
Refugees and Internally Displaced People....Pages 49-53
Medicine and Medical Aid in Remote Settings....Pages 55-82
Medical Interventions in Catastrophes and Conflict....Pages 83-99
The Players....Pages 101-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
The Process....Pages 117-130
A Guide to the Medical Student Elective Abroad....Pages 131-139
Avoiding Trouble - Cultural Issues....Pages 141-149
Dealing with Trouble - The Wider Issues....Pages 151-158
Psychological Aspects of the Provision of Medical Humanitarian Aid....Pages 159-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Pre-Hospital Planning....Pages 177-180
Aviation Medicine Aspects....Pages 181-192
Communications Technology and Range....Pages 193-211
Spectrum of Capability and Applied Communications....Pages 213-234
Acute Medical Problems....Pages 235-270
Women’s Health....Pages 271-281
Children’s Health....Pages 283-292
Trauma: Surgical and Related Conditions....Pages 293-352
Front Matter....Pages 353-353
Conflict Recovery....Pages 355-365
Hard Knocks and Hard Lessons....Pages 367-376
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Publications....Pages 379-383
Checklists, Suppliers and Specialist Advice....Pages 385-388
Using the Internet to Access the World Wide Web (www)....Pages 389-397
Back Matter....Pages 399-409

✦ Subjects

Emergency Medicine; Traumatic Surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Nursing