International disaster nursing /
Robert Powers and Elaine Daily, editors.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 614 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Introduction to disasters and disaster nursing / Healthcare facility preparedness / Community behavior and response to disaster / First responders / Disaster triage / Robert Powers -- Knox Andress -- Tricia Wachtendorf, James M. Kendra, Brandi Lea -- Dario Gonzalez -- Jamie Ranse, Kathryn Zeitz. Public health response / Pandemic planning / Health issues in humanitarian emergencies / Disaster mental health / Disaster ethics / Disaster recovery / Southeast Asia tsunami: health aspects / Hurricane Katrina: health aspects / Disaster nursing educational competencies / Disaster nursing research / Disaster research framework / Jane V.E. Richter -- Lynn A. Slepski -- Mary Lou Fisher, Daksha Brahmbhatt, Robert Powers, Elaine Daily -- Margaret Grigg, Frances Hughes -- Leila Toiviainen, Elaine Daily -- Gerard J. FitzGerald, Peter Aitken, Elinor R. Davis, Elaine Daily -- Elaine Daily -- Anne Hutton, Helen Tilden -- Lynn A. Slepski, Marguerite T. Littleton-Kearney -- Dean Whitehead, Paul Arbon -- Elaine Daily. Explosive event preparedness / response / Decontamination / Populations with vulnerabilities and special needs / Disasters and children / Regional planning / US federal resources and response / International disaster response / Disaster nursing responses in Japan / Preparedness of the Israeli health system for emergencies / Angelo Agostini -- Robert Powers -- Kelly Burkholder-Allen -- Karen Olness -- Douglas Havron -- Alan D. Cohn, J. Bennet Waters -- Susan M. Briggs -- Satoko Mitani -- Bruria Adini, Robert Cohen, Daniel Laor. Hospital impact: internal disasters / Healthcare facilities incident command / Chemical preparedness and response / Biological preparedness and response / Emergency management of radiation injuries and illnesses / Theo J. Ligthelm -- Craig DeAtley -- Yukiya Hakozaki -- Adrian Crowe -- Doran M. Christensen, Steven M. Becker, Robert C. Whitcomb, Jr., W. Mark Hart, Steve Sugarman. Hospital impact: emergency department / Hospital impact: immediate issues / Hospital impact: long-term issues / Margaret M. McMahon -- Hazel E. Harley, Bronwen Kelly, Muriel G. Leclercq, Andy G. Robertson, Wayne Snell, Robert B. Stewart -- Maxim Pekarev, Kuldeep Singh, Roberta P. Lavin, Sophia Hsu, Tonya J. Broyles.
The effects of a disaster on healthcare can range from conditions that immediately besiege the system with large numbers of patients, to catastrophes that strain its long-term sustainability. Nurses, as frontline health professionals, must have an understanding of the situations they may face before, during and after a disaster and they must develop the skills and strategies to provide effective and immediate care. International Disaster Nursing is the first truly comprehensive and internationally focused resource to address the diversity of issues and myriad scenarios that nurses and other health personnel could encounter during a disaster event. This text defines the many roles of the nurse within a multidisciplinary team, and aids the implementation of the community's disaster plans in a crisis. With an alarming increase in the occurrence of disasters in the last decade, International Disaster Nursing is the hallmark text in the field.