Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
New Paradigms: The World in the Twenty-First Century – European Perspective....Pages 3-14
New Paradigms: The World in the Twenty-First Century – A US Perspective....Pages 15-27
The Spectrum of Conflict....Pages 29-44
The Players: Humanitarian Organisations and Their Coordination in Humanitarian Assistance....Pages 45-65
The Players: Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) in the Humanitarian Space....Pages 67-90
Medical Ethics in Disasters....Pages 91-110
Medicine at High Altitudes....Pages 111-120
Medical Support of Special Operations....Pages 121-145
Terrorism 101....Pages 147-158
Front Matter....Pages 159-160
Disasters: An Overview....Pages 161-180
Disasters: The London Bombings, 7th of July 2005: Forward Medical Response....Pages 181-188
Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: Health Needs Assessment and Priorities for Intervention....Pages 189-214
Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: The Role of Health System Levers in Response, Recovery and Rebuilding to Protect Population Health....Pages 215-226
Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: Health Planning in Action “Operation Phoenix” – A British Medical Aid Programme to Sarajevo....Pages 227-237
Responding to Acute Humanitarian Crises: Health Care of Prisoners and Detainees....Pages 239-251
Standards of Care in Catastrophic Emergencies....Pages 253-266
Programme Management and Assessment....Pages 267-279
Surveillance and Control of Communicable Disease in Conflicts and Disasters....Pages 281-309
The Sword of Damocles: Whither the Next Pandemic....Pages 311-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-322
Getting There and Being Involved: Getting Involved....Pages 323-335
Front Matter....Pages 321-322
Getting There and Being Involved: Team Building and Maintenance....Pages 337-340
Safety and Security: Staying Safe and Effective-In a Humanitarian Context (Or as Safe as Is Reasonably Possible when You Know You Should Have Stayed at Home!)....Pages 341-359
Safety and Security: Thinking Ballistic – Aspects of Protection....Pages 361-364
Safety and Security: Mines and Weapons Awareness....Pages 365-368
Safety and Security: Health Risk Management – A Tool for Planning Force Health Protection....Pages 369-376
Applied Communications for Medical Professionals in Conflict and Catastrophe Situations....Pages 377-394
Psychosocial and Mental Health Care for the Deployed Staff of Rescue, Professional First Response and Aid Agencies, NGOs and Military Organisations....Pages 395-432
Front Matter....Pages 433-434
Conflict Recovery: Health Systems in Transition....Pages 435-445
Eating an Elephant: Intervening in Hospitals (Pristina)....Pages 447-449
Military Medical Contribution to Indigenous (Military and Civilian) Health Sector Development (HSD) Within Security and Stabilisation Operations....Pages 451-475
Military Health Services Support in Conflict....Pages 477-485
Evacuation and Transportation....Pages 487-510
Deployed Field Hospitals in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 511-529
Front Matter....Pages 531-532
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Introduction – Scene-Setting....Pages 533-535
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Triage and Acute Care....Pages 537-565
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Ballistics and Blast....Pages 567-577
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Tropical Diseases....Pages 579-610
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Climate – Hot and Cold (An Aide)....Pages 611-617
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Envenomations: Bites and Stings....Pages 619-631
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Head Injury....Pages 633-641
Front Matter....Pages 531-532
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Dental, Maxillofacial, Eye, and ENT....Pages 643-653
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Abdominal Complaints and Acute Surgical Emergencies....Pages 655-674
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Soft Tissues and Skeleton....Pages 675-688
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Surgery in the Tropics....Pages 689-723
Acute Problems and Emergency Surgery: Anaesthesia and Analgesia....Pages 725-745
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Casualty Management Principles....Pages 747-770
Women’s Health....Pages 771-785
The Care of Children in Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and Disasters....Pages 787-803
The Psychosocial and Mental Health of People Who Are Affected by Conflict, Catastrophes, Terrorism, Adversity and Displacement....Pages 805-849
Front Matter....Pages 851-852
Preparing to Deploy: Materials and Information....Pages 853-871
Diagnostic Laboratories, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, and Collecting and Handling Diagnostic Specimens....Pages 873-885
Enablers and Confounders: Achieving the Mission....Pages 887-903
The Military Approach to Medical Planning....Pages 905-919
Accreditation in Field Medicine....Pages 921-927
Humanitarian Work in the Era of Modernising Medical Careers....Pages 929-938
Code of Behaviour....Pages 939-940
Back Matter....Pages 941-964