Handbook for pandemic and mass-casualty planning and response / edited by Elin Gursky and Boris Hrečovski.

"Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Applying Lessons Learned and Sharing Best Practices in Addressing Pandemics and Catastrophic Health Events, Slavonski Brod, Croatia, 27 November - 8 December 2011"--Title page verso

International conference proceedings.

Includes indexes.

Title page from PDF version; (IOS Press; viewed on Feb. 26, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

HANDBOOK FOR PANDEMIC AND MASS-CASUALTY PLANNING AND RESPONSE; Dedication; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Preface; Contents; Section 1: The Context of Catastrophic Health Planning; Medical Response to Major Incidents: A Standardized Postgraduate Course in Management and Performance in Major Incidents & Disasters; Development of a European Training Curriculum for International Crisis Management (DITAC/European Research Project):One European Training Curriculum for Each Disaster-Necessary or Impossible?; Pandemic Planning & Response

Mass-Casualty Preparedness-How to Upgrade From Below: Our Experiences in SloveniaEducation and Training for Major Incidents and Disasters: Croatia Case Study; Cross-Disciplinary Competency and Professionalization in Disaster Medicine and Public Health; Complex Humanitarian Emergencies-An Overview: Controversies and Future Perspectives; The Hospital as the Weakest Link in Mass-Casualty Incidents; Ethics and Medicine in Disasters and Mass-Casualty Incidents; Croatia's State and Medical Authority for Health System Organizations; Croatia: Community, Empowerment, Resiliency

Section 2: Principles of Response to Catastrophes with Mass CasualtiesBasics of Terror Medicine; Mass-Casualty Planning and Response; Interoperability within Military Medical Forces in Contemporary NATO Operations; The Complete Protection of a Combat Soldier; Experience from Past Conflicts; Triage Protocols for Critical-Care Patients in Disaster Conditions; Development of Standards of Care for Polytrauma in Multiple-Casualty Incidents; Treatment Algorithms and Hospital Triage in Mass-Casualty Incidents; Guidelines for Limb Amputation and Reconstruction in Mass-Casualty Incidents

Burn Injuries during Mass-Casualty IncidentsBlast Injuries; Section 3: Communication and Information Sharing; Information Sharing in Practice and for Practice: Mass-Casualty Cases; Communication between Emergency Medical Services and Media during Mass-Casualty Events in Croatia; Just-in-Time Information; Collaboration Topologies for Interdisciplinary and Interlevel Information Exchange; Networks and Their Role in Counteracting Contemporary Global Threats: A New Model; Architecture of R & D Project Management Systems at Medical Institutions; Lessons Learned; Lessons Learned; Subject Index

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