Children and Disaster
Children, along with the elderly and pregnant women, are the most vulnerable populations in disasters. In developing countries, children also make up a disproportionate percentage of the population, as exemplified…
Psychological Impact of Disaster on Displaced Populations and Refugees of Multiple Traumas
This chapter is designed to examine the impacts of disaster on displaced populations and refugees of multiple trauma events. The aims therefore are to highlight the processes of psychological triage,…
Role of Hospitals in a Disaster
By definition, the hospital is an institution providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for sick or injured people. The word hospital comes from the Latin hospes , signifying…
Disaster and Climate Change
Acknowledgments The author thanks Kingkarn Waiyanak for the literature search and retrieval and Glenn K. Shingledecker for his help in editing the manuscript. Introduction Climate change, consequent to the phenomenon…
Complex Emergencies
Characterization of complex emergencies The characterization of complex emergencies has evolved over time, with different individuals and different organizations favoring particular definitions to highlight specific characteristics. However, there are important…
Disaster Nursing
Nurses, as an integral part and the largest component of the health care team, must be prepared for disaster situations. Disasters occur all over the world, sometimes with warning and…
Role of Emergency Medicine in Disaster Management
Emergency medicine (EM) is optimally suited to lead the health care response in the hours following a disaster. By routinely providing the front line of hospital care for acutely ill…
Role of Emergency Medical Services in Disaster Management and Preparedness
Disaster response comes in many forms. It occurs in stages and involves many different agencies over an extended period. With current technology, meteorologists track the weather patterns leading to tornados…
Introduction to Disaster Medicine
What exactly is disaster medicine? If you have decided to purchase and read this book, it is likely a question you have wrestled with. Disaster itself is not an easily…
