html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 13 Syndromic Surveillance Gary A. Roselle Overview Syndromic surveillance has been defined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as “a process that…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 12 Legislative Authorities and Regulatory Issues Ernest B. Abbott and Jeffrey H. Luk Overview Catastrophic disasters disrupt the health and medical system in a variety of…
Figure 9.1. The American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health System PsySTART Model. Used with permission from the American Red Cross. In the absence of rapid triage and coordination between systems,…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 6 Community Resilience Rose L. Pfefferbaum, Richard Reed, and Betty Pfefferbaum Overview Disaster managers embrace the concept of community resilience, sometimes as a strategy and sometimes…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> 5 International Perspectives on Disaster Management Jean Luc Poncelet Overview For many years, disasters were perceived as unavoidable and only attributable to “natural” events. Over the…
PE confirmed (n = 1880) (%) PE not confirmed (n = 528) (%) Symptoms Dyspnea 50 51 Pleuritic chest pain 39 28 Substernal chest pain 15 17 Syncope 6 6 Unilateral leg pain…
Fig. 8.1 Fig. 8.2 Fig. 8.3 Fig. 8.4 Table 8.1 Association between in-transit thrombus and embolic events Type Number of patients Associated to DVT (%) Associated to PE (%)…
Abnormal vessel walla Endothelial dysfunction characterized by endothelial cell activation (due to hypoxia, distension, and neurohormonal activation), increased expression of platelet/monocyte adhesion, tissue factor, von Willebrand factor, and thrombin; decreased…
Fig. 2.1 The structure of the fibrinolytic system is shown in this fig. It is possible to observe those plasminogen activators, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, plasminogen, plasmin, and α2-antiplasmin role in…
Fibrinolytic regimen evaluation Variable Pre n = 40 (%) Post n = 40 (%) p Right ventricular sound 96 5 <0.0001 Shock 15 0 <0.0001 Respiratory rate 33.5 ± 5.7 25.0 ± 4.4 <0.0001 Cardiac rate 108.9 ± 13.1 94.4 ± 8.9…
