Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine (eBook)
XX, 644 Seiten
Springer London (Verlag)
978-1-84800-352-1 (ISBN)
A 'how-to' book for medical aid workers - doctors, nurses and paramedics - working in hostile environments (natural disasters, man-made disasters, conflict in all its forms and remote or austere industrial settings). This manual provides information on what is going on, how to get involved, how to get ready, guidance on what to do out there, and how to get home bridging the fields of medicine, nursing international relations, politics, economics and history.
Six years have passed since the first edition of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine was published. Those 6 years have not been peaceful: conflict has continued in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and the Middle East. Terrorist attacks have continued around the world and London has had its first experience of suicide bombings. The landscape for humanitarian work is dangerous and challenging. The aim of this second edition is in line with the first edition - to provide an ent- level resource for people working (or considering work) in a hostile environment. Contributors with real hard one practical experience have been invited to share their views, and they do this with a raw honesty in a variety of writing styles. The second edition of Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine has benefited from these contributions, and we hope our prospective readers will do so as well. The book editors are donating their royalties from this book to the charity "e;Help for Heroes'. Adriaan Hopperus Buma Alan Hawley David G. Burris James M. Ryan Peter F. Mahoney v Preface to the First Edition This work is intended as an entry-level text aimed at medical, nursing and pa- medical staff undertaking work in a hostile environment.
Preface to the Second Edition 5
Preface to the First Edition 6
Foreword 7
Contents 8
Contributors 13
Introduction: Players and Paradigms 17
Baghdad Christmas 19
New Paradigms: The Changed World Since 9/ 11 20
The World Seems to be Crumbling Around Us 28
The Spectrum of Conflict 31
The Players: Humanitarians, Militaries, Industry and Private Security Companies 45
Interfaces 88
Conflict and the Media 102
Remote Medicine 114
Disasters, Public Health, and Populations 135
Disasters: An Overview 137
Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: Health Needs Assessment and Priorities for Intervention 162
The Military Approach to Medical Planning 187
Health Risk Management Matrix: A Medical Planning Tool 198
Surveillance and Control of Communicable Disease in Conflicts and Disasters 205
Health Planning in Action: Rwanda Crisis 231
Health Planning in Action “ Operation Phoenix”: A British Medical Aid Program to Sarajevo 248
Health Care of Prisoners and Detainees 258
Populations and People 268
Introduction: Living and Working 271
Getting There and Being Involved 273
Safety and Security 293
Voices from the Field 321
Applied Communications in Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine 329
Mental Health 351
Introduction: Hospitals and Health Systems 383
Conflict Recovery-Health Systems in Transition 385
Eating an Elephant: Intervening in Hospitals, Pristina 396
Conflict Surgery: A Personal View 398
Military Health Services Support in Conflict 401
Military Medical Assistance to Security Sector Reform 408
Hospital Blues 416
Introduction: Clinical Care 417
Trauma and Surgery 419
Acute Medical Problems 495
Women’s Health 529
Children’s Health 543
Conflict, Terrorism, and Disasters: The Psychosocial Consequences forChildren 554
Introduction: Resources 569
Materials and Information 571
Rehabilitating Diagnostic Laboratories 590
Enablers and Confounders: Achieving the Mission 595
Ministry Overlaps Within Health Sectors 609
Accreditation in Field Medicine 611
Humanitarian Work in the Era of Modernising Medical Careers 617
Code of Behaviour 623
Index 624
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.4.2009 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | XX, 644 p. 54 illus., 42 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Orthopädie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege | |
| Schlagworte | ballistics • Conflict medicine • Disaster medicine • Emergency Medicine • Humanitarian aid • Military medicine • Recovery • Relief medicine • Surgery • Trauma • Trauma medicine • trauma surgery • war |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84800-352-8 / 1848003528 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84800-352-1 / 9781848003521 |
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