Disaster nursing
Subtitle: a handbook for practice
By: Deborah S. Adelman, Timothy J. Legg.
Contributors: Legg, Timothy J.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sudbury, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780763758448
Subjects: Disaster nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Disasters -- Handbooks; Emergency Nursing -- Handbooks; Bioterrorism -- Handbooks; Burns -- nursing -- Handbooks; Disaster Planning -- Handbooks; Mass Casualty Incidents -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of disasters / Deborah S. Adelman and William Gray; title: Volunteerism / Matthew Roberts; title: The varying faces of disaster / Sharon Druce; title: Leadership and management in a disaster / Sharon Druce; title: Special populations in a disaster : the child and pregnant woman / Josephine DeVito and Maryann Godshall; title: Special populations in a disaster : the elderly and disabled / Timothy J. Legg and Deborah S. Adelman; title: Culture and disasters / Sharon A. Nazarchuk and Timothy J. Legg; title: The psychology of disasters / Carol Kleinmann and Jean Rubino; title: Communicating in a disaster / Susan Sonnier; title: Legal and ethical considerations in a disaster / Deborah A. DeLuca and Rebecca Cady; title: Hazmat / Dale Simpson; title: Burns : overview of etiology, pathophysiology, and determining when referral is needed / Deborah A. DeLuca and Deborah S. Adelman; title: Management of the burned trauma patient : from initial assessment to ultimate outcome / Deborah A. Deluca and Deborah S. Adelman; title: Burns in the mass casualty disaster environment / Deborah A. DeLuca and Deborah S. Adelman; title: Upscaling burn management : the mass burn casualty incident application : CBRN / Deborah A. DeLuca and Deborah S. Adelman; title: Bioterrorism : the use of biologicals / Deborah Adelman and Timothy Legg; title: Issues that arise in a disaster / Timothy Legg and Deborah Adelman.