Types and events of disasters, organization in various disaster situations
[Book]
ed.: R. Frey and P. Safar.
Berlin [West]
Springer
1980
XX, 355 Seiten : 97 Illustrationen und Diagramme.
Disaster Medicine, 1.; Proceedings of the International Congress on Disaster Medicine, 1.
Literaturangaben.
Preface to the Series.- List of Authors.- Welcoming Adresses.- Welcoming Adresses.- 1. Types and Events of Disasters. Definition of Disasters.- The Role of Red Cross Assistance in Case of Disaster.- The Rise of Catastrophes.- Causes and Nature of Injuries in Air Accidents.- The Moorgate Underground Disaster - Friday 28th February, 1975.- Disaster at Sea.- Friuli's Earthquake: First Steps Toward Reassumption of Hygienic Medical Control.- The Main Problems of Medical Relief Actions in Armed Conflicts.- Experiences in Disaster Medicine During the Tragic Civil War of Lebanon (1975-1976).- Nutritional Programs to Combat Starvation Disasters: The Case of Ethiopia.- Accidental Hypothermia Associated with Exposure to Wet-Cold Conditions and Exhaustion.- Poisoning in Environmental Catastrophes and Armed Conflicts: Possibilities of Treatment.- Pathology and Therapy of Combination Injuries: Radiation Dose and Trauma.- Medical Considerations in Radiation Accidents and the Biologic Effect of Fast Neutrons in Hydrogen Bomb Explosions.- Possible Nuclear Disasters in War and Peace.- Principles of Modern Military Surgery as Applicable to a Civilian Disaster.- Medical Experience Obtained by the Identification Commission of the Federal Criminal Office in Crashes of Large Airplanes.- 2. Organization in Various Disaster Situations (Local Regional, National). Moderators:.- Alarm Communication in a Train Accident.- Role of the Family Doctor in Disaster and Emergency Medicine.- Organizational Response to Multiple Casualty Incidents: Experience in New York City.- Three Major Accidents.- Value of Disaster Critiques as Demonstrated by the Management of two"L" Crashes in the City of Chigago.- Organization of Rescue and Disaster Services in Norway: Central Command Centers.- On the Initial Treatment of Head Injuries: Secondary Complications in Connection with the Means of Transportation.- International Approach to the Establishment of Accident and Emergency Ambulance Services.- Intervention of the Civil Defense Medical Service.- Organization of Medical Services in Times of Peace and Emergency.- Immediate Reaction of the Health Service in a Disaster.- A Mobile Hospital-Disaster Team.- Graduated Response to the Requents for Medical Aid.- Norway's Rescue Service: Training of Staff Personnel at Local Rescue Headquaters and on the Spot.- Importance and Psychology of Triage (Sorting).- A Disaster Plan for a District Hospital.- Planning Principles for Medical Care in Catastrophes.- 3. Workshops: 3.1Global Disaster Situations.- Role of Resuscitation in Global Disasters (Summary of a Panel).- Chlorine Gas Poisoning.- Hazard to Large Populations from Water and Other Environmental Pollution.- Aircraft Crash on the Island of Mikines (Faroes),1970.- Deployment of the Army in East Turkey Earthquake.- A Disaster Relief Operation for the Guatemala Earthquake.- Resuscitation Potentials and the Challenges for Mass Resuscitation in the National Disasters of the Peruvian and Central American Earthquakes, Hurricanes, and Floods.- Filling the Vacuum of Life Support in Natural Disasters and Epidemics.- Criteria for Establishment of Medical Emergency Camps in Disaster Areas of the Third World, Illustrated by the Example of Ethiopia.- Wide-Body Aircraft Crash with Survivors.- The German Hospital Ship "Helgoland" in Vietnam.- Experimental Studies to Determine the Fire Risk of Textile Materials.- The "Rescue Chain s" First Link in Disasters.- Crash of an Aircraft.- Philadelphia International Airport Disaster Exercises in 1975 and 1977.- Cyprus 1974 - An Example of a Sudden Disaster Situation.- 3. Workshops: 3.2 Local/Regional Disaster Situations.- Coordination in a Central Hospital for Treatment of Injured People Following a Train Accident During the Night: A Personal Experience.- Hospital Physician's Role in Disaster Planning and in Management of the Disaster Site: The City of Chicago Disaster Plan.- The Norwegian Rescue Service: Centers for Medical Emergency Calls.- Function-Oriented Catastrophe Planning.- Presentation of the American Heart Association Future Role of Emergency Cardiac Care.- Police Command Structure of Major Incidents in Great Britain.- Rescue Missions to Oil Rigs in the Danish Continental Shelf of the North Sea.- Current Situation with Respect to the Care and Transport of Emergency Patients.- Medical Disaster Preparedness for Offshore Installations in the North Sea.- Mobile Command Center of Helsinki.- Organizational Forms in Disaster Situations. Deployment and Communication of the Resident Doctors in Disaster Situations in the Countryside.- Antipoison Information Center in the Emergency Medical System.- Medical Rescue Services in Finland.- Some Implications of Organizational Interdependences.- Role of the General Practitioner in the Country in a Disaster.- Let Us Get Rid of the Triage Officer.- Near-Disaster Teaches Need for Command.- Command Center at the Site - Norway.- Organizational,Technical,and Medical Experience from a Major Railway Accident in Southern Bavaria.- 3. Workshops: 3.3 Definite Care in Disaster Situations.- Protected Operational Centers and First Aid Posts.- Emergency Medical Service System - Lincoln, Nebraska.- Emergency Relief Exercises (e.g., Explosion in a Medical School).- A Practicable Plan for Disaster-Oriented Basic Clinics.- Prerequisites for Repatriation Flights.- Organization of the Emergency Service of the University Hospital St. Peter, Brussels, in the Event of Catastrophes.- Emergency Room Disaster Preparedness in a Detroit Metropolitan Hospital.- Three-Year Experience of a Secondary Transport Service for Physiologically Unstable Patients.- The Evacuation Hospital in Mass Disaster.- Fundamental Disaster Planning for Hospitals - The Sidcup Disaster Plan.- First Aid at the Scene of an Accident and During Transport.- Better Victim Management - Good Oral Communications.- Medical Disaster Control Plan of the University Clinics Mainz.- Summary of the Congress Recommendations by the Session and Workshop.- Conclusion of Congress.