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Humanitarian medicine and disaster relief / Tony Redmond.

By: Series: Trauma care focusPublisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2025Description: xiv, 110p. illContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781032753751
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Humanitarian medicine and disaster reliefLOC classification:
  • RA 601 .R43
Contents:
Humanitarianism -- Sudden Onset Disasters -- Specific Hazards -- Responding to Humanitarian Emergencies -- The Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Initiative -- Armed Conflict and Complex Emergencies -- Deploying -- Needs Assessments -- Clinical considerations -- Infectious Diseases and Outbreak Response -- Triage -- Working in another country.
Summary: "Focusing on emergency medical humanitarian assistance, this accessible new text provides practical clinical guidance for those working in emergency medicine, critical care, and military medicine. There has been great progress over the last 30 years in establishing standards and training programmes to ensure that those who respond to major emergencies are appropriately trained, adequately equipped, qualified to do this work, and accountable for the work that they do. These developments together with insights into current requirements for healthcare and emergency responses are reflected in this book"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Books NILE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA - MAIN LIBRARY RA 601 .R43 2025 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0199202
Books Books NILE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA - MAIN LIBRARY RA 601 .R43 2025 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0199201
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Humanitarianism -- Sudden Onset Disasters -- Specific Hazards -- Responding to Humanitarian Emergencies -- The Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Initiative -- Armed Conflict and Complex Emergencies -- Deploying -- Needs Assessments -- Clinical considerations -- Infectious Diseases and Outbreak Response -- Triage -- Working in another country.

"Focusing on emergency medical humanitarian assistance, this accessible new text provides practical clinical guidance for those working in emergency medicine, critical care, and military medicine. There has been great progress over the last 30 years in establishing standards and training programmes to ensure that those who respond to major emergencies are appropriately trained, adequately equipped, qualified to do this work, and accountable for the work that they do. These developments together with insights into current requirements for healthcare and emergency responses are reflected in this book"-- Provided by publisher.

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