The Management of Mass Burn Casualties and Fire Disasters

Overview The First International Conference on Burns and Fire Disasters.- Overview The First International Conference on Burns and Fire Disasters.- Disaster.- Thermal agent disaster and fire disaster: definition, damage, assessment and relief operations.- The scientific basis of disaster medicine.- Overcoming the mythology of disaster.- Analysis of severe fire disasters.- Fire Disasters.- Fire disasters in Osaka.- Lessons from the Dublin 1981 fire catastrophe.- Forest fires and the danger to fire-fighters.- Forest fires in Sicily.- Safety regulations in high-risk industries. The situation in petrochemical plants in Sicily.- Domestic fire problems in Third World countries.- Domestic burns in children caused by butane gas explosion.- Accidents due to electricity and burns. A statistical analysis of events occurring at the National Electricity Energy Board during the period 1988–1989.- Fire in port.- Fire on board ship.- Marine fire casualties in merchant ships: the Greek statistics.- Fire services at a motor racing track.- Fire emergency in a hospital.- Fire prevention countermeasures for cultural properties in Nara City.- Preparedness for Primary Burn Emergencies.- Immediate assistance and first aid on the spot in fire disasters — education of the public and self-sufficiency training.- Health education in disaster medicine.- System of postgraduate training in burn emergencies in Prague.- Training of specialists for burn care in Turkey.- The organization of safety and fire The organization of safety and fire prevention in a multidisciplinary research centre.- Personal protective equipment in operations involving burn risks: theory and practice.- Risks and protection of fire-fighters in forests. An outline.- Fire Disaster Management.- Problems of search and rescue indisasters.- Planning of rescue work in mass fire disasters. The Paris Red Plan.- Field logistical organization in the Italian Army Medical Corps.- The commitment of the Italian Army Medical Corps to relief of the civilian population in the event of public disasters.- The organization of the Italian Army Medical Corps in relation to contributions to civil defence in the event of disasters.- The use of aircraft in fire disasters: the Italian Air Force Medical Corps in burn emergencies.- Infobrul — the value of a telematic databank for burns and burns centres in the event of a disaster.- Organizational criteria for setting up a field hospital after a fire disaster.- Clinical file and protocol for general doctors and for non-specialized hospital doctors to assist burn patients.- Medical care of mass burn victims: the Vishnevsky principles and organization in the Ufa disaster.- On-site treatment of severely burned patients.- The early cooling of burns.- Therapeutic kit and procedures for fluid resuscitation in disasters.- Ready-to-use emergency kit for treatment of severe burns: definition and specifications.- Physiopathology of burn disease during air evacuation.- The use of helicopters in integrated rescue work and medical transport.- Rescue of the burn patient and on-site medical assistance by a helicopter rescue service.- The burn patient and medically assisted helicopter transport.- The ARGO satellite system: a network for severe burns and disasters.- The Italian Army Medical Corps in the field: flexibility of mobile organization.- Burn treatment facilities in Turkey.- The establishment of a burns centre at a general hospital: the Naples experience.- Cyanide compounds in fire gas toxicity and the role of hydroxycobalamin.- Clinical Problems.- Early management of thecritically burned patient.- Psychological reactions in fire disaster emergencies: hypotheses and operational guidelines.- Prevention and treatment of acute renal failure in the severely burned patient.- Early and late immunological changes in burn patients.- An approach to the management of hand burns using semipermeable membranes.- Care of traumatic tattoos associated with gunpowder explosions and blast burns.- Clinical technology in small hospitals.- Information and Communication National and International Organizations.- Mass media and serious emergencies.- The mass media and fire disasters — information according to medical and psychological criteria.- The role of the mass media in burn prevention campaigns — psychological considerations.- The philosophy of a burns prevention campaign.- Communications in the prevention of natural and man-made disasters: the role of the national and international Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations.- The action of the European Community for civil defence.- Japan’s international disaster relief.- The role of the Italian Red Cross in emergencies.