Types and Events of Disasters Organization in Various Disaster Situations: Proceedings of the International Congress on Disaster Medicine, Mainz 1977 Part I

Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Welcoming Adresses....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Introduction....Pages 11-12
The Role of Red Cross Assistance in Case of Disaster....Pages 13-18
The Rise of Catastrophes....Pages 19-21
Causes and Nature of Injuries in Air Accidents....Pages 22-25
The Moorgate Underground Disaster — Friday 28th February, 1975....Pages 26-37
Disaster at Sea....Pages 38-40
Friuli’s Earthquake: First Steps Toward Reassumption of Hygienic Medical Control....Pages 41-46
The Main Problems of Medical Relief Actions in Armed Conflicts....Pages 47-53
Experiences in Disaster Medicine During the Tragic Civil War of Lebanon (1975-1976)....Pages 54-64
Nutritional Programs to Combat Starvation Disasters: the Case of Ethiopia....Pages 65-68
Accidental Hypothermia Associated with Exposure to Wet-Cold Conditions and Exhaustion....Pages 69-75
Poisoning in Environmental Catastrophes and Armed Conflicts: Possibilities of Treatment....Pages 76-78
Pathology and Therapy of Combination Injuries: Radiation Dose and Trauma....Pages 79-87
Medical Considerations in Radiation Accidents and the Biologic Effect of Fast Neutrons in Hydrogen Bomb Explosions....Pages 88-101
Possible Nuclear Disasters in War and Peace....Pages 102-106
Principles of Modern Military Surgery as Applicable to a Civilian Disaster....Pages 107-112
Medical Experience Obtained by the Identification Commission of the Federal Criminal Office in Crashes of Large Airplanes....Pages 113-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Introduction....Pages 117-117
Introduction....Pages 118-119
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Alarm Communication in a Train Accident....Pages 120-121
Role of the Family Doctor in Disaster and Emergency Medicine....Pages 122-124
Organizational Response to Multiple Casualty Incidents: Experience in New York City....Pages 125-127
Three Major Accidents....Pages 128-132
Value of Disaster Critiques as Demonstrated by the Management of two “L” Crashes in the City of Chicago....Pages 133-139
Organization of Rescue and Disaster Services in Norway: Central Command Centers....Pages 140-142
On the Initial Treatment of Head Injuries: Secondary Complications in Connection with the Means of Transportation....Pages 143-147
International Approach to the Establishment of Accident and Emergency Ambulance Services....Pages 148-149
Intervention of the Civil Defense Medical Service....Pages 150-159
Organization of Medical Services in Times of Peace and Emergency....Pages 160-162
Immediate Reaction of the Health Service in a Disaster....Pages 163-165
A Mobile Hospital — Disaster Team....Pages 166-170
Graduated Response to the Requests for Medical Aid....Pages 171-174
Norway’s Rescue Service: Training of Staff Personnel at Local Rescue Headquarters and on the Spot....Pages 175-176
Importance and Psychology of Triage (Sorting)....Pages 177-181
A Disaster Plan for a District Hospital....Pages 182-185
Planning Principles for Medical Care in Catastrophes....Pages 186-188
Role of Resuscitation in Global Disasters (Summary of a Panel)....Pages 189-190
Chlorine Gas Poisoning....Pages 191-191
Hazard to Large Populations from Water and Other Environmental Pollution....Pages 192-199
Aircraft Crash on the Island of Mikines (Faroes), 1970....Pages 200-204
Deployment of the Army in East Turkey Earthquake....Pages 205-212
A Disaster Relief Operation for the Guatemala Earthquake....Pages 213-213
Resuscitation Potentials and the Challenges for Mass Resuscitation in the National Disasters of the Peruvian and Central American Earthquakes, Hurricanes, and Floods....Pages 214-217
Filling the Vacuum of Life Support in Natural Disasters and Epidemics....Pages 218-222
Criteria for Establishment of Medical Emergency Camps in Disaster Areas of the Third World, Illustrated by the Example of Ethiopia....Pages 223-223
Wide-Body Aircraft Crash With Survivors....Pages 224-224
The German Hospital Ship “Helgoland”in Vietnam....Pages 225-227
Experimental Studies to Determine the Fire Risk of Textile Materials....Pages 228-228
The “Rescue Chain’s” First Link in Disasters....Pages 229-230
Crash of an Aircraft....Pages 231-231
Philadelphia International Airport Disaster Exercises in 1975 and 1977....Pages 232-237
Cyprus 1974 — An Example of a Sudden Disaster Situation....Pages 238-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Coordination in a Central Hospital for Treatment of Injured People Following a Train Accident during the Night: A Personal Experience....Pages 243-246
Hospital Physician’s Role in Disaster Planning and in Management of the Disaster Site: The City of Chicago Disaster Plan....Pages 247-253
The Norwegian Rescue Service: Centers for Medical Emergency Calls....Pages 254-254
Function-Oriented Catastrophe Planning....Pages 255-255
Presentation of the American Heart Association Future Role of Emergency Cardiac Care....Pages 256-260
Police Command Structure at Major Incidents in Great Britain....Pages 261-267
Rescue Missions to Oil Rigs in the Danish Continental Shelf of the North Sea....Pages 268-268
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Current Situation with Respect to the Care and Transport of Emergency Patients....Pages 269-269
Medical Disaster Preparedness for Offshore Installations in the North Sea....Pages 270-270
Mobile Command Center of Helsinki....Pages 271-271
Organizational Forms in Disaster Situations. Deployment and Communication of the Resident Doctors in Disaster Situations in the Countryside....Pages 272-272
Antipoison Information Center in the Emergency Medical System....Pages 273-277
Medical Rescue Services in Finland....Pages 278-278
Some Implications of Organizational Interdependencies....Pages 279-279
Role of the General Practitioner in the Country in a Disaster....Pages 280-281
Let Us Get Rid of the Triage Officer....Pages 282-285
Near-Disaster Teaches Need for Command....Pages 286-286
Command Center at the Site — Norway....Pages 287-288
Orginazational, Technical, and Medical Experience from a Major Railway Accident in Southern Bavaria....Pages 289-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Protected Operational Centers and First Aid Posts....Pages 295-296
Emergency Medical Service System — Lincoln, Nebraska....Pages 297-299
Emergency Relief Exercises (e.g., Explosion in a Medical School)....Pages 300-300
A Practicable Plan for Disaster-Oriented Basic Clinics....Pages 301-301
Prerequisites for Repatriation Flights....Pages 302-314
Organization of the Emergency Service of the University Hospital St. Peter, Brussels in the Event of Catastrophes....Pages 315-319
Emergency Room Disaster Preparedness in a Detroit Metropolitan Hospital....Pages 320-320
Three-Year Experience of a Secondary Transport Service for Physiologically Unstable Patients....Pages 321-322
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
The Evacuation Hospital in Mass Disaster....Pages 323-324
Fundamental Disaster Planning for Hospitals — The Sidcup Disaster Plan....Pages 325-328
First Aid at the Scene of an Accident and during Transport....Pages 329-337
Better Victim Management — Good Oral Communications....Pages 338-340
Medical Disaster Control Plan of the University Clinics Mainz....Pages 341-347
Summary of the Congress Recommendations by the Session and Workshop Chairmen....Pages 348-352
Conclusion of Congress....Pages 353-355