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Major incident medical management and support [electronic resource] : the practical approach in the hospital / Advanced Life Support Group ; by Simon Carley, Kevin Mackway-Jones.

By: Carley, Simon.
Contributor(s): Mackway-Jones, Kevin | Advanced Life Support Group (Manchester, England) | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Malden, Mass. : BMJ Books/Blackwell, c2005Description: xii, 154 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.Subject(s): Disaster medicine | Hospitals | Disaster hospitalsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 362.18 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The epidemiology and incidence of major incidents -- Are we ready for the next major incident? -- The structured approach to the hospital response -- Planning for major incidents equipment training -- The collapsible hierarchy concept -- The clinical hierarchy -- The nursing hierarchy -- The management hierarchy -- Declaring a major incident and activating the plan -- The reception phase -- Triage -- The definitive care phase -- The recovery phase -- Incidents involving hazardous chemicals -- Incidents involving large numbers of burns -- Incidents involving large numbers of children.
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Includes index.

The epidemiology and incidence of major incidents -- Are we ready for the next major incident? -- The structured approach to the hospital response -- Planning for major incidents equipment training -- The collapsible hierarchy concept -- The clinical hierarchy -- The nursing hierarchy -- The management hierarchy -- Declaring a major incident and activating the plan -- The reception phase -- Triage -- The definitive care phase -- The recovery phase -- Incidents involving hazardous chemicals -- Incidents involving large numbers of burns -- Incidents involving large numbers of children.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.