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Author : Nautical Institute
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Emergency management
ISBN : 1906915393
Author : Pan American Health Organization
Publisher : Pan American Health Org
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9275123462
When an accident or disaster involving large numbers of injuries occurs, the first to provide emergency assistance are communities closest to the site of the incident. During the last 20 years, Latin America and the Caribbean have given special attention to training emergency personnel in triage and in providing first aid either at the site of an accident or disaster, or at the hospital. The entire Region is now familiar with methods of classifying casualties, and this process has proved to be the most efficient means of ensuring survival of the injured in a mass casualty situation. However, there are still serious gaps in the coordination process, a situation that is most pronounced in remote areas or those with limited resources. Many lives have been lost in mass casualty situations because resources were not mobilized efficiently. The challenge we face is this: the more scarce the resource, the more efficient the organization must be. This publication describes the steps in designing a mass casualty management system that will ensure the highest possible survival rate. It focuses on the involvement of police, firefighters, Red Cross volunteers, and health center and hospital staff. If these professionals form part of the structure that we refer to as the mass casualty management "system" in this publication, they can contribute enormously to saving lives.
Author : E. Gursky,B. Hrečkovski
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781614991359
The Handbook for Pandemic and Mass-Casualty Planning and Response offers the disaster medicine professional community the information and tools to better prepare, individually and collaboratively, to mitigate mortality and morbidity when catastrophe occurs. It captures the lectures and teachings of an extraordinary 12 day NATO Advanced Study Institute held in Croatia in late 2011: ‘Applying lessons learned and sharing best practices in addressing pandemics and catastrophic health events.’ The results of this event, held under the auspices of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, are presented in three sections: The Context of Catastrophic Health Planning; Principles of Response to Catastrophes with Mass Casualties; and Communication and Information Sharing. The handbook presents rigorous, standardized cross-disciplinary training, such as Medical Response to Major Incidents; the need to guide medical and humanitarian efforts by ethical principles; the importance of risk communication and trustworthy information; treatment guidelines along with medical and surgical practices for amputation, burns, and blast injuries; triage guidelines and treatment algorithms; principles of mass-casualty planning; and the need to identify and correctly position -in advance- the networks and collaborative structures that must work together and share capabilities. Drawing on experts from Croatia, Slovenia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the Russian Federation, Italy, Spain, Mexico and the United States - and especially on Croatia’s experience handling mass casualties during its Homeland War in the 1990s - this handbook combines research and real-world examples to assist the disaster response community in preparing for mass-casualty incidents.
Author : Richard Ashpole,David G. Hardy,Jurgen Klein
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1898507309
The aim of this booklet is to bridge the gap between rescue of a patient with an acute head injury and his or her treatment by a neurosurgeon. It provides a protocol for management of acute head injuries aimed at paramedics, all accident and emergency department staff, orthopaedic and general surgeons, casualty consultants, armed forces medics.
Author : Yoram Kluger,Federico Coccolini,Fausto Catena,Luca Ansaloni
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319923451
This manual, written by world opinion leaders in the field, is designed to provide readily accessible, step-by-step guidance on all aspects of the management of mass casualty incidents. Readers will find a wealth of helpful practical suggestions as well as information on the latest relevant scientific advances and their implications. Globally, mass casualty incidents are becoming more frequent even in unexpected places. There is a need for a dependable manual suitable for use by all who must be prepared to face mass casualty incidents, including practicing physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses, and administrators. This book meets that need. It is the first practical manual to be devoted to the topic, and its portable format will allow it to be kept in the pocket at all times, ready for immediate consultation. The innovative nature of much of the content and the inclusion of up-to-date literature reviews ensure that the manual will remain relevant for years to come.
Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309145480
The influenza pandemic caused by the 2009 H1N1 virus underscores the immediate and critical need to prepare for a public health emergency in which thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people suddenly seek and require medical care in communities across the United States. Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations draws from a broad spectrum of expertise-including state and local public health, emergency medicine and response, primary care, nursing, palliative care, ethics, the law, behavioral health, and risk communication-to offer guidance toward establishing standards of care that should apply to disaster situations, both naturally occurring and man-made, under conditions in which resources are scarce. This book explores two case studies that illustrate the application of the guidance and principles laid out in the report. One scenario focuses on a gradual-onset pandemic flu. The other scenario focuses on an earthquake and the particular issues that would arise during a no-notice event. Outlining current concepts and offering guidance, this book will prove an asset to state and local public health officials, health care facilities, and professionals in the development of systematic and comprehensive policies and protocols for standards of care in disasters when resources are scarce. In addition, the extensive operations section of the book provides guidance to clinicians, health care institutions, and state and local public health officials for how crisis standards of care should be implemented in a disaster situation.
Author : Michael Madigan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783031421471
This book provides guidelines for emergency managers, responders, and health care professionals to establish a mass casualty/mass fatality (MC/MF) management plan. It identifies a need for a stronger and more global management structure for MC/MF events that includes standardized practices of identification, disposition, and possible repatriation to restore the situation to pre-event levels. This book covers this comprehensive process including disaster mortuary operational response teams (DMORTs), simple triage and rapid treatment (START) and national nurse response teams. It also demonstrates leadership in MC/MF events within government agencies, the public sector and international organizations featuring case studies, scenario questions and summaries of lessons learned.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : FEMA
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Jeffrey Frank Jones
Page : 731 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Over 700 total pages ... The JTS Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are to the greatest extent possible evidence-based. The guidelines are developed using a rigorous process that involves subject matter experts in each field evaluating the best available data. If you are interested in learning more about the process of developing CPGs, please click this link: CPG Development Process. This guide for CPG development will help lead you through the methods used to develop and monitor CPGs. The JTS remains committed to using the highest levels of analytical and statistical analysis in its CPG development process. COMPLETE LIST OF CURRENT JTS CPGs JTS CPG Documentation Process - 01 December 2017 Acute Extremity Compartment Syndrome - Fasciotomy - 25 July 2016 Acute Respiratory Failure - 23 January 2017 Airway Management of Traumatic Injuries - 17 July 2017 Amputation - 1 July 2016 Anesthesia - 23 Jun 2016.pdf Aural Blast Injury/Acoustic Trauma and Hearing Loss - 12 Aug 2016 Battle/Non-Battle Injury Documentation Resuscitation Record - 5 Dec 13 Blunt Abdominal Trauma, Splenectomy, and Post-Splenectomy Vaccination - 12 August 2016 Burn Care - 11 May 2016 Catastrophic Non-Survivable Brain Injury 27 Jan 2017 Cervical & Thoracolumbar Spine Injury Evaluation, Transport, and Surgery in Deployed Setting - 05 August 2016 Clinical Mgmt of Military Working Dogs Combined - 19 Mar 2012 Clinical Mgmt of Military Working Dogs Zip - 19 Mar 2012.zip Damage Control Resuscitation - 03 Feb 2017 DCoE Concussion Management Algorithm Cards.pdf DoD Policy Guidance for Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury/Concussion in the Deployed Setting Drowning Management - 27 October 2017 Emergent Resuscitative Thoracotomy - 11 June 2012 Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion - 24 Oct 12 Frostbite and Immersion Foot Care - 26 Jan 2017 Frozen Blood - 11 July 2016 High Bilateral Amputations and Dismounted Complex Blast Injury - 01 August 2016 Hyperkalemia and Dialysis in the Deployed Setting - 24 January 2017 Hypothermia Prevention - 20 Sept 2012 Infection Prevention in Combat-Related Injuries - 08 August 2016 Inhalation Injury and Toxic Industrial Chemical Exposure - 25 July 2016 Initial Care of Ocular and Adnexal Injuries - 24 Nov 2014 Intratheater Transfer and Transport - 19 Nov 2008 Invasive Fungal Infection in War Wounds - 04 August 2016 Management of Pain Anxiety and Delirium 13 March 2017 Management of War Wounds - 25 April 2012 Neurosurgery and Severe Head Injury - 02 March 2017 Nutritional Support Using Enteral and Parenteral Methods - 04 August 2016 Orthopaedic Trauma: Extremity Fractures - 15 July 2016 Pelvic Fracture Care - 15 March 2017 Prehospital Care - 24 Nov 2014 Prevention of Deep Venous Thrombosis - Inferior Vena Cava Filter - 02 August 2016 Radiology - 13 March 2017 REBOA for Hemorrhagic Shock - 06 July 2017 Unexploded Ordnance Management - 14 Mar 2017 Urologic Trauma Management - 1 Nov 2017 Use of Electronic Documentation - 5 Jun 2012 Use of MRI in Mgmt of mTBI in the Deployed Setting - 11 June 2012 Vascular Injury - 12 August 2016 Ventilator Associated Pneumonia - 17 Jul 2012
Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Guidance for Establishing Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309253462
Catastrophic disasters occurring in 2011 in the United States and worldwide-from the tornado in Joplin, Missouri, to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, to the earthquake in New Zealand-have demonstrated that even prepared communities can be overwhelmed. In 2009, at the height of the influenza A (H1N1) pandemic, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services, along with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to convene a committee of experts to develop national guidance for use by state and local public health officials and health-sector agencies and institutions in establishing and implementing standards of care that should apply in disaster situations-both naturally occurring and man-made-under conditions of scarce resources. Building on the work of phase one (which is described in IOM's 2009 letter report, Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations), the committee developed detailed templates enumerating the functions and tasks of the key stakeholder groups involved in crisis standards of care (CSC) planning, implementation, and public engagement-state and local governments, emergency medical services (EMS), hospitals and acute care facilities, and out-of-hospital and alternate care systems. Crisis Standards of Care provides a framework for a systems approach to the development and implementation of CSC plans, and addresses the legal issues and the ethical, palliative care, and mental health issues that agencies and organizations at each level of a disaster response should address. Please note: this report is not intended to be a detailed guide to emergency preparedness or disaster response. What is described in this report is an extrapolation of existing incident management practices and principles. Crisis Standards of Care is a seven-volume set: Volume 1 provides an overview; Volume 2 pertains to state and local governments; Volume 3 pertains to emergency medical services; Volume 4 pertains to hospitals and acute care facilities; Volume 5 pertains to out-of-hospital care and alternate care systems; Volume 6 contains a public engagement toolkit; and Volume 7 contains appendixes with additional resources.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Jeffrey Frank Jones
Page : 996 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Almost 1,000 total pages; see index at beginning of publications for a complete list of included CPGs. Each CPG includes a section on the following: 1. GOAL 2. BACKGROUND 3. EVALUATION 4. TREATMENT 5. PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT (PI) MONITORING 6. SYSTEM REPORTING & FREQUENCY 7. RESPONSIBILITIES & 8. REFERENCES. OVERVIEW Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are the backbone of the system-wide JTS Performance Improvement program. Health data abstracted from patient records and after action reports is analyzed and distilled into globally relevant CPGs to remove medical practice variations and prevent needless deaths. The CPGs compiled from DoDTR data and used by healthcare providers worldwide are largely responsible for the decreased Case Fatality Rate for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Examples are better transfusion practices; reduced burn morbidity and mortality; near elimination of extremity compartment syndrome; better patient care documentation; and improved communication across the spectrum of care between geographically dispersed facilities. CPGs are evidence-based and developed with experts in the military and civilian communities, deployed clinicians, Service trauma/surgical consultants, JTS leadership and formerly deployed Trauma Directors and Coordinators. JTS has a formalized process for developing, reviewing, updating, and approving CPGs. The guidelines are developed and implemented by clinical subject matter experts in response to needs identified in the military area of responsibility. CPGs were developed originally for U.S. Central Command. However, collaborative efforts are ongoing with the other Combatant Commands to customize CPGs to their COCOMs. INTRODUCTION TO THE JOINT TRAUMA SYSTEM (JTS) The Joint Trauma System (JTS) is the Department of Defense (DoD) authority for the military’s trauma care system. The vision of the Joint Trauma System is that every Soldier, Sailor, Marine and Airman injured on the battlefield will have the optimum chance for survival and maximum potential for functional recovery. To achieve this vision, in 2006, the JTS implemented programs for data -driven trauma system development and improvement in addition to the collection of trauma data. As part of its data collection efforts, the JTS maintains a registry of trauma patients who received care at medical treatment facilities (MTFs). Since 2007, this registry – known as the DoD Trauma Registry (DoDTR) – has documented demographic, injury, treatment, and outcomes data for all trauma patients admitted to any DoD MTF, regardless of whether the injury occurred during on-going military operations, and is the largest military trauma data source in the world. Development of the DoDTR began during the early years of the Global War on Terror (GWoT) when the need to systematically improve trauma care for combat wounded resulted in the impromptu creation of a demonstration registry, known then as the Combat Trauma Registry (CTR). The CTR was constructed by the Center for AMEDD Strategic Studies (CASS); trauma-related information was initially abstracted into it from paper medical records received from trauma nurse coordinators (TNCs) at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Germany. Shortly after the demonstration program started, the Army Surgeon General approved its transition to an operational mode, leading to the formation of the Joint Theater Trauma System (JTTS) and, eventually, the Joint Trauma System (JTS).
Author : U.S. Army
Publisher : Jeffrey Frank Jones
Page : 2599 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
CONTENTS: 1. U.S. ARMY AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION CRITICAL CARE FLIGHT PARAMEDIC STANDARD MEDICAL OPERATING GUIDELINES - CY23 Version Published January 2023, 318 pages 2. TCCC Guidelines for Medical Personnel - 15 December 2021, 19 pages 3. JTS Clinical Practice Guidelines, 2,260 total pages - current as of 19 September 2023: INTRODUCTION The SMOG continues to go through significant improvements with each release as a result of the collaboration of Emergency Medicine professionals, experienced Flight Medics, Aeromedical Physician Assistants, Critical Care Nurses, and Flight Surgeons. There has been close coordination in the development of these guidelines by the Joint Trauma System, and the Defense Committees on Trauma. Our shared goal is to ensure the highest quality en route care possible and to standardize care across all evacuation and emergency medical pre-hospital units. It is our vision that all of these enhancements and improvements will advance en route care across the services and the Department of Defense. Unit medical trainers and medical directors should evaluate Critical Care Flight Paramedics (CCFP) ability to follow and execute the medical instructions herein. These medical guidelines are intended to guide CCFPs and prehospital professionals in the response and management of emergencies and the care and treatment of patients in both garrison and combat theater environments. Unit medical providers are not expected to employ these guidelines blindly. Unit medical providers are expected to manipulate and adjust these guidelines to their unit’s mission and medical air crew training / experience. Medical directors or designated supervising physicians should endorse these guidelines as a baseline, appropriately adjust components as needed, and responsibly manage individual unit medical missions within the scope of practice of their Critical Care Flight Paramedics, Enroute Critical Care Nurses, and advanced practice aeromedical providers. The medication section of this manual is provided for information purposes only. CCFPs may administer medications only as listed in the guidelines unless their medical director and/or supervising physician orders a deviation. Other medications may be added, so long as the unit supervising physician and/or medical director approves them. This manual also serves as a reference for physicians providing medical direction and clinical oversight to the CCFP. Treatment direction, which is more appropriate to the patient’s condition than the guideline, should be provided by the physician as long as the CCFP scope of practice is not exceeded. Any medical guideline that is out of date or has been found to cause further harm will be updated or deleted immediately. The Medical Evacuation Concepts and Capabilities Division (MECCD) serves as the managing editor of the SMOG and are responsible for content updates, managing the formal review process, and identifying review committee members for the annual review. The Standard Medical Operating Guidelines are intended to provide medical procedural guidance and is in compliment to other Department of Defense and Department of the Army policies, regulatory and doctrinal guidance. Nothing herein overrides or supersedes laws, rules, regulation or policies of the United States, DoD or DA.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Tactical Combat Casualty Care Guidelines 28 October 2013 * All changes to the guidelines made since those published in the 2010 Seventh Edition of the PHTLS Manual are shown in bold text. The most recent changes are shown in red text. * These recommendations are intended to be guidelines only and are not a substitute for clinical judgment. Basic Management Plan for Care Under Fire 1. Return fire and take cover. 2. Direct or expect casualty to remain engaged as a combatant if appropriate. 3. Direct casualty to move to cover and apply self-aid if able. 4. Try to keep the casualty from sustaining additional wounds. 5. Casualties should be extricated from burning vehicles or buildings and moved to places of relative safety. Do what is necessary to stop the burning process. 6. Airway management is generally best deferred until the Tactical Field Care phase. 7. Stop life-threatening external hemorrhage if tactically feasible: - Direct casualty to control hemorrhage by self-aid if able. - Use a CoTCCC-recommended tourniquet for hemorrhage that is anatomically amenable to tourniquet application. - Apply the tourniquet proximal to the bleeding site, over the uniform, tighten, and move the casualty to cover.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Chemical terrorism
ISBN : UCBK:C100683794
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Author : Amita Singh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351593564
This book looks at how legal frameworks can and do reduce risks arising out of disasters. The volume: analyses existing disaster laws and the challenges on the ground; brings together case studies from some of the most vulnerable regions; and proposes solutions to avert existing and possible future crises. The book offers appropriate legal frameworks for disaster management which could not only offer sustainable institutional reforms towards community resilience and preparedness but also reduce risk within the frameworks of justice, equity and accountability. It examines the intricacies of governance within which governments function and discusses how recent trends in infrastructure development and engineering technology could be balanced within the legal principles of ethics, transparency and integrity. The chapters in the volume suggest that legal frameworks ought to resonate with new challenges of resource management and climate change. Further, these frameworks could help secure citizens’ trust, institutional accountability and effective implementation through an unceasing partnership which keeps the community better prepared and more resilient. This volume will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of disaster management, law, public policy, environment and development studies as well as policymakers and those in administrative, governmental, judicial and development sectors.