Emergency and Disaster Medicine: Proceedings of the Third World Congress Rome, May 24–27, 1983

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Address Delivered to the Holy Father by the President of the Congress....Pages 1-4
Science and Conscience: Undeniable Requirements for Effective Emergency Medicine....Pages 5-7
Inaugural Address by the President of the Congress....Pages 8-11
The Club of Mainz....Pages 12-14
Message from the Representative of the World Health Organization....Pages 15-15
The Role of the Red Cross....Pages 16-17
Introductory Report on Civil Defense in Italy....Pages 18-22
An Ethical Evaluation of Emergency Medicine....Pages 23-27
Resuscitation Potentials in Mass Disasters....Pages 28-40
The Best Medicine Is to Stave Off Megadisasters....Pages 41-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
Introduction....Pages 47-48
The World Health Organization in Burn Disasters....Pages 49-52
The Genesis of Earthquakes: What is Necessary for Our Protection?....Pages 53-56
An Overview of Aircraft Disasters....Pages 57-60
Radiation Accidents and Their Emergency Management....Pages 61-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Coping with Accidents and Emergencies Involving the Release of Potentially Toxic Chemicals....Pages 73-77
The Salvageability of Disasters Victims: The Scientific Basis for Disaster Planning, Rescue, and Response....Pages 78-86
Civil Defense Planning for Nuclear War....Pages 87-94
Emergency Medical Support in Radiation Accidents....Pages 95-99
Organization of Radiological Emergency in France....Pages 100-108
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Disaster Management in New Zealand....Pages 109-113
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
A Hypothetical Regional Health Education Program on Disasters and Major Risks....Pages 117-127
Community Disaster: Planning and Training Aspects....Pages 128-131
The Training and Information of Personnel Concerned with Prevention, Supervision, and Intervention of Major Hazards....Pages 132-135
Training of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Japan....Pages 136-139
A Television-Centered Public Campaign for the Propagation of General Training in Basic Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 140-143
Disaster and Emergency Medicine: Definitions, Education....Pages 144-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Pain Control in Mass Casualties....Pages 151-166
Intramuscular Ketamine: An Alternative Pain Treatment for use in Disasters?....Pages 167-172
Communicable Diseases and Epidemiological Surveillance in Natural Disasters, with Special Emphasis on Developing Countries....Pages 173-179
Investigations on Epidemiology and Prophylaxis of Nosocomial Infections in Intensive Care Units....Pages 180-186
Risk of Infection in Natural Disasters: Experiences and Perspectives....Pages 187-196
Nutritional Problems of Refugees: Three Years’ Experience in the Somali Camps....Pages 197-204
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Integration of Disaster Relief Services....Pages 207-211
The Anesthetist in Emergency and Disaster Medicine....Pages 212-215
A New Approach in Planning Disaster Relief: A Disaster Relief Center....Pages 216-222
The use of Communications Satellite Systems in Major Disaster Situations....Pages 223-229
Functional Outlines and Design of Mobile Emergency Care Units for use in Disasters....Pages 230-236
The Role of Air Transportation in Disaster Relief....Pages 237-241
Does the Plan Work? Four and a Half Years’ Experience with Disasters at the Shaarei Zedek Medical Center (1975–1979)....Pages 242-247
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Medical Assistance at Automobile Racing Circuits....Pages 248-253
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Prediction of High-Consequence Events Having Low Probabilities....Pages 257-264
Technological Risk Assessment with Some Examples from Energy Production and Medical Technology....Pages 265-271
Economic Aspects of Emergency System Evaluation....Pages 272-277
Operational Intervention Relevant to Forensic Medicine with Special Reference to the Various Environmental Environmental Situations and the Typology of Catastrophe....Pages 278-279
Real-Time Intervention of Teams on Site for Identification of Victims....Pages 280-282
The Odontostomatological Aspects of Victim Identification....Pages 283-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
An Example of International Cooperation: WHO Cooperation in Radiopathology....Pages 291-294
The General Surgeon and the Early Care of Injured Patients....Pages 295-302
The Colloid-Crystalloid Controversy of Fluid Resuscitation....Pages 303-306
Artificial Blood for Emergency Situations....Pages 307-312
The Aspect of Nutrition in Trauma....Pages 313-318
Management of Thoracic Injuries with Flail Chest....Pages 319-323
A Hypothesis to be Studied: Antibiotic Resuscitation....Pages 324-329
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Cardiovascular Changes with Major Burn Injuries....Pages 333-337
Pathophysiology of Hemocoagulation and Respiratory Complications in Connection with the Crush Syndrome....Pages 338-346
Accidental Radiation Injuries: Radiation Burns....Pages 347-354
Accidental Radiation Injuries: Whole-Body Radiation Syndromes....Pages 355-360
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Advances in Cardiopulmonary-Cerebral Resuscitation Relevant to Disaster Medicine....Pages 363-372
Open-Chest Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 373-377
Front Matter....Pages 361-361
Postischemic Hypoperfusion: Its Relevance for Resuscitation of the Brain After Ischemia....Pages 378-385
Clinical Trials of Brain Resuscitation....Pages 386-390
Neurological Aspects of Reanimatology....Pages 391-396
Resuscitation: State of the Art....Pages 397-403
Abdominal Pumping: A Promising Technique?....Pages 404-410
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Classification and Triage of Brain Injuries....Pages 413-417
Acute Management of Severe Head Injuries....Pages 418-423
Intensive and Reanimatory Therapy for Patients with Cervical Trauma....Pages 424-429
Front Matter....Pages 431-431
Organization of Early Emergency Health Intervention in Natural Disasters....Pages 433-438
International Military-Civilian Collaboration: Today’s Challenges for Saving Lives....Pages 439-442
The Contribution of Military Medical Services in Mass Casualty Situations....Pages 443-447
The Coordination of Health Services in Natural Disasters....Pages 448-451
Civil-Military Collaboration in Denmark....Pages 452-453
Experiences with Disaster Medicine in the ICRC Surgical Field Hospital in Khao I Dang During the Kampuchean Disaster Relief in 1980....Pages 454-455
Civil Defense: Background — Legislation — the Role of Information....Pages 456-462
Front Matter....Pages 463-463
Land, Sea, and Air Rescue: Introduction....Pages 465-466
Particular Medical Aspects of Land Rescue Performed by the Italian Army....Pages 467-471
Particular Medical Aspects of Sea Rescue Performed by the Italian Navy....Pages 472-475
Particular Medical Aspects of Air Rescue and Aid Performed by the Italian Air Force....Pages 476-478
The Importance of Helicopter Rescue Missions for the Immediate and Most Efficient Primary Treatment of Polytraumatized Patients....Pages 479-483
Front Matter....Pages 463-463
Training Program and 10 Years’ Experience of a Repatriation Rescue Flight System in West Germany....Pages 484-491
The Air Transportable Hospital Concept of the United States Air Force....Pages 492-495
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
A Constructive Proposal: The Application of the High Technologies of Defense to Biology and Medicine....Pages 499-501
Concluding Remarks on the Third World Congress of Emergency and Disaster Medicine....Pages 502-503
Back Matter....Pages 504-509