The Management of Mass Burn Casualties and Fire Disasters

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Overview The First International Conference on Burns and Fire Disasters....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Thermal agent disaster and fire disaster: definition, damage, assessment and relief operations....Pages 7-12
The scientific basis of disaster medicine....Pages 13-18
Overcoming the mythology of disaster....Pages 19-23
Analysis of severe fire disasters....Pages 24-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Fire disasters in Osaka....Pages 37-44
Lessons from the Dublin 1981 fire catastrophe....Pages 45-50
Forest fires and the danger to fire-fighters....Pages 51-59
Forest fires in Sicily....Pages 60-63
Safety regulations in high-risk industries. The situation in petrochemical plants in Sicily....Pages 64-69
Domestic fire problems in Third World countries....Pages 70-76
Domestic burns in children caused by butane gas explosion....Pages 77-78
Accidents due to electricity and burns. A statistical analysis of events occurring at the National Electricity Energy Board during the period 1988–1989....Pages 79-88
Fire in port....Pages 89-92
Fire on board ship....Pages 93-105
Marine fire casualties in merchant ships: the Greek statistics....Pages 106-109
Fire services at a motor racing track....Pages 110-112
Fire emergency in a hospital....Pages 113-115
Fire prevention countermeasures for cultural properties in Nara City....Pages 116-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Immediate assistance and first aid on the spot in fire disasters — education of the public and self-sufficiency training....Pages 121-132
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Health education in disaster medicine....Pages 133-139
System of postgraduate training in burn emergencies in Prague....Pages 140-144
Training of specialists for burn care in Turkey....Pages 145-146
The organization of safety and fire The organization of safety and fire prevention in a multidisciplinary research centre....Pages 147-161
Personal protective equipment in operations involving burn risks: theory and practice....Pages 162-169
Risks and protection of fire-fighters in forests. An outline....Pages 170-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Problems of search and rescue in disasters....Pages 175-176
Planning of rescue work in mass fire disasters. The Paris Red Plan....Pages 177-179
Field logistical organization in the Italian Army Medical Corps....Pages 180-182
The commitment of the Italian Army Medical Corps to relief of the civilian population in the event of public disasters....Pages 183-184
The organization of the Italian Army Medical Corps in relation to contributions to civil defence in the event of disasters....Pages 185-186
The use of aircraft in fire disasters: the Italian Air Force Medical Corps in burn emergencies....Pages 187-189
Infobrul — the value of a telematic databank for burns and burns centres in the event of a disaster....Pages 190-194
Organizational criteria for setting up a field hospital after a fire disaster....Pages 195-197
Clinical file and protocol for general doctors and for non-specialized hospital doctors to assist burn patients....Pages 198-221
Medical care of mass burn victims: the Vishnevsky principles and organization in the Ufa disaster....Pages 222-223
On-site treatment of severely burned patients....Pages 224-226
The early cooling of burns....Pages 227-230
Therapeutic kit and procedures for fluid resuscitation in disasters....Pages 231-238
Ready-to-use emergency kit for treatment of severe burns: definition and specifications....Pages 239-242
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Physiopathology of burn disease during air evacuation....Pages 243-245
The use of helicopters in integrated rescue work and medical transport....Pages 246-248
Rescue of the burn patient and on-site medical assistance by a helicopter rescue service....Pages 249-250
The burn patient and medically assisted helicopter transport....Pages 251-252
The ARGO satellite system: a network for severe burns and disasters....Pages 253-259
The Italian Army Medical Corps in the field: flexibility of mobile organization....Pages 260-262
Burn treatment facilities in Turkey....Pages 263-264
The establishment of a burns centre at a general hospital: the Naples experience....Pages 265-267
Cyanide compounds in fire gas toxicity and the role of hydroxycobalamin....Pages 268-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Early management of the critically burned patient....Pages 273-277
Psychological reactions in fire disaster emergencies: hypotheses and operational guidelines....Pages 278-281
Prevention and treatment of acute renal failure in the severely burned patient....Pages 282-284
Early and late immunological changes in burn patients....Pages 285-287
An approach to the management of hand burns using semipermeable membranes....Pages 288-291
Care of traumatic tattoos associated with gunpowder explosions and blast burns....Pages 292-295
Clinical technology in small hospitals....Pages 296-298
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Mass media and serious emergencies....Pages 301-304
The mass media and fire disasters — information according to medical and psychological criteria....Pages 305-310
The role of the mass media in burn prevention campaigns — psychological considerations....Pages 311-313
The philosophy of a burns prevention campaign....Pages 314-316
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Communications in the prevention of natural and man-made disasters: the role of the national and international Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations....Pages 317-327
The action of the European Community for civil defence....Pages 328-330
Japan’s international disaster relief....Pages 331-335
The role of the Italian Red Cross in emergencies....Pages 336-337
Back Matter....Pages 339-339