A very handy practical book written by French doctors specialised in disaster medicine, this guide offers their core experience condensed in 50 small, easily digestible chapters. Each chapter is designed to enable the reader to “know”, “understand”, and learn what to “do” in the concerned situation, ensuring the crucial information is easily on hand and available.
Facing disasters, whether natural or man-made, technological or social, what are the risks and the consequences of such hazards on victims? What kind of care to provide? How to get organised, to have the appropriate resources, and to protect oneself as a responder? The French emergency and healthcare preparedness has followed a unique path. The responding medical doctors have followed in the footsteps of Dominique Larrey, a military surgeon and the father of emergency medicine. For him, the on-scene presence of doctors is paramount to organise the entire healthcare and emergency response, an innovative method that has proven its efficacy. This book is intended for all healthcare and emergency staff, doctors, paramedics or first aiders in ambulances or in emergency services who might come to deal with a massive influx of injured, poisoned, or traumatised victims. The management of multiple concomitant emergencies requires specific know-how and skills.
May this guide contribute to the dissemination of a validated French know-how and thus to save lives and alleviate suffering.
Author(s): Henri F. Julien
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 241
City: Cham
SFMC: The French Society of Disaster Medicine (La Société Française de Médecine de Catastrophe)
Preface
Warning
Acknowledgements
Contents
Contributors
Abbreviations
Part I: Introduction to Disaster Medicine
1: Disaster, Uncommon Health Crises, and Disaster Medicine
1.1 What You Should Know
1.2 What You Should Understand
1.3 What You Should Do
References
2: Ethics, Deontology in Disasters
2.1 What You Should Know
2.2 What You Should Understand
2.3 What You Should Do
References
3: Medico-Legal Issues
3.1 What You Should Know
3.2 What You Should Understand
3.3 What You Should Do
References
4: Doctors and Media in Disasters
4.1 What You Should Know
4.2 What You Should Understand
4.3 What You Should Do
References
Part II: Organising Healthcare and Emergency Actions
5: ORSEC-NOVI Plan
5.1 What You Should Know
5.2 What You Should Understand
5.3 What You Should Do
References
6: Hospital Disaster Management Plan: Uncommon Health Crises (UHC)
6.1 What You Should Know
6.2 What You Should Understand
6.3 What You Should Do
References
7: Emergency Chain in Disaster Medicine
7.1 What You Should Know
7.2 What You Should Understand
7.3 What You Should Do
References
8: Medical Emergency Director (MED)
8.1 What You Should Know
8.2 What You Should Understand
8.3 What You Should Do
References
9: First Doctor on Disaster Scene
9.1 What You Should Know
9.2 What You Should Understand
9.3 What You Should Do
References
10: Role of the Medical Manager of Intra-Hospital Crisis
10.1 What You Should Know
10.2 What You Should Understand
10.3 What You Should Do
References
11: Triage of Disaster Medicine
11.1 What You Should Know
11.2 What You Should Understand
11.3 What You Should Do
References
12: Advanced Medical Posts (AMP)
12.1 What You Should Know
12.2 What You Should Understand
12.3 What You Should Do
References
13: Casualty Collection Point (CCP)
13.1 What You Should Know
13.2 What You Should Understand
13.3 What You Should Do
References
14: Rescue in Shooting and Hostages-Taking
14.1 What You Should Know
14.2 What You Should Understand
14.3 What You Should Do
14.4 What You Should Not Do
References
15: Medical Coverage of Big Crowds
15.1 What You Should Know
15.2 What You Should Understand
15.3 What You Should Do
References
Part III: Disastrous Events
16: Destructive Earthquakes
16.1 What You Should Know
16.2 What You Should Understand
16.3 What You Should Do
References
17: Cyclones
17.1 What You Should Know
17.2 What You Should Understand
17.3 What You Should Do
References
18: Volcanic Eruptions
18.1 What You Should Know
18.2 What You Should Understand
18.3 What You Should Do
References
19: Cold Waves
19.1 What You Should Know
19.2 What You Should Understand
19.3 What You Should Do
Reference
20: Heat Waves
20.1 What You Should Know
20.2 What You Should Understand
20.3 What You Should Do
Reference
21: Disasters and Epidemics
21.1 What You Should Know
21.2 What You Should Understand
21.3 What You Should Do
References
22: Dwellings Fires
22.1 What You Should Know
22.2 What You Should Understand
22.3 What You Should Do
References
23: Fire Smoke Inhalation
23.1 What You Should Know
23.2 What You Should Understand
23.3 What You Should Do [3]
References
24: Explosions
24.1 What You Should Know
24.2 What You Should Understand
24.3 What You Should Do
References
25: Nuclear and Radiological Accidents
25.1 What You Should Know [1–3]
25.2 What You Should Understand
25.3 What You Should Do
References
26: Traffic Accidents Involving Many Victims
26.1 What You Should Know
26.2 What You Should Understand
26.3 What You Should Do
References
27: Railway Accidents
27.1 What You Should Know
27.2 What You Should Understand
27.3 What You Should Do
References
28: Warfare Chemical Agents
28.1 What You Should Know
28.2 What You Should Understand
28.3 What You Should Do
References
29: Forest Fires
29.1 What You Should Know
29.2 What You Should Understand
References
Part IV: Techniques of Disaster Medicine
30: Principles of Field Medical Care
30.1 What You Should Know
30.2 What You Should Understand
30.3 What You Should Do
References
31: Medical Dispatch in Crises and Disasters
31.1 What You Should Know
31.2 What You Should Understand
31.3 What You Should Do
32: Crush Syndrome
32.1 What You Should Know
32.2 What You Should Understand
32.3 What you should do
32.3.1 During and After Removal of the Compression
32.4 Conclusion
Reference
33: Blast
33.1 What You Should Know
33.2 What You Should Understand
33.3 What You Should Do
34: Ballistic Wounds: Management Principles
34.1 What You Should Know
34.2 What You Should Understand
34.3 What You Should Do on Scene
References
35: Damage Control
35.1 What You Should Know
35.2 What You Should Understand
35.3 What You Should Do
References
36: Fluid Therapy in Disasters
36.1 What You Should Know
36.2 What You Should Understand
36.3 What You Should Do
References
37: Procedural Sedation and Analgesia
37.1 What You Should Know
37.2 What You Should Understand
37.3 What You Should Do [1–3]
References
38: Search and Rescue (SAR)
38.1 What You Should Know
38.2 What You Should Understand
38.3 What You Should Do
References
39: Life-Saving Amputation
39.1 What You Should Know
39.2 What You Should Understand
39.3 What You Should Do
References
40: Disaster Situations and Psychological Impact
40.1 What You Should Know
40.2 What You Should Understand
40.3 What You Should Do
References
41: Reception of CoVID-19 Patients at the ER
41.1 What You Should Know
41.2 What You Should Understand
41.3 What You Should Do
References
42: Mass Casualty Decontamination
42.1 What You Should Know
42.2 What You Should Understand
42.3 What You Should Do
43: Emergency Dry Decontamination
43.1 What You Should Know
43.2 What You Should Understand
43.3 What You Should Do
References
44: Children and Disasters
44.1 What You Should Know
44.2 What You Should Understand
44.3 What You Should Do
References
45: Pharmaceutical Preparedness in Disaster Medicine
45.1 What You Should Know
45.2 What You Should Understand
45.3 What You Should Do
References
46: Antidotes for Chemical and Radiological Agents
46.1 What You Should Know
46.2 What You Should Understand
46.3 What You Should Do
References
47: Mobile Medical Post (MMP)
47.1 What You Should Know
47.2 What You Should Understand
47.3 What You Should Do
48: PPE of Health Staff
48.1 What You Should Know
48.2 What You Should Understand
48.3 What You Should Do
References
49: FMC, SINUS, and Patient Tracking in Disasters
49.1 What You Should Know
49.2 What You Should Understand
49.3 What You Should Do
Reference
50: Transmission in Disasters
50.1 What You Should Know
50.2 What You Should Understand
50.3 What You Should Do
