Disaster medicine pocket guide : 50 essential questions : work of the French Society of Disaster Medicine

A very handy practical book written by French doctors specialised in disaster medicine, this guide offers their core experience condensed in 50 small, easily digestible chapters. Each chapter is designed to enable the reader to “know”, “understand”, and learn what to “do” in the concerned situation, ensuring the crucial information is easily on hand and available. Facing disasters, whether natural or man-made, technological or social, what are the risks and the consequences of such hazards on victims? What kind of care to provide? How to get organised, to have the appropriate resources, and to protect oneself as a responder? The French emergency and healthcare preparedness has followed a unique path. The responding medical doctors have followed in the footsteps of Dominique Larrey, a military surgeon and the father of emergency medicine. For him, the on-scene presence of doctors is paramount to organise the entire healthcare and emergency response, an innovative method that has proven its efficacy. This book is intended for all healthcare and emergency staff, doctors, paramedics or first aiders in ambulances or in emergency services who might come to deal with a massive influx of injured, poisoned, or traumatised victims. The management of multiple concomitant emergencies requires specific know-how and skills. May this guide contribute to the dissemination of a validated French know-how and thus to save lives and alleviate suffering. SFMC: The French Society of Disaster Medicine (La Société Française de Médecine de Catastrophe) Preface Warning Acknowledgements Contents Contributors Abbreviations Part I: Introduction to Disaster Medicine 1: Disaster, Uncommon Health Crises, and Disaster Medicine 1.1 What You Should Know 1.2 What You Should Understand 1.3 What You Should Do References 2: Ethics, Deontology in Disasters 2.1 What You Should Know 2.2 What You Should Understand 2.3 What You Should Do References 3: Medico-Legal Issues 3.1 What You Should Know 3.2 What You Should Understand 3.3 What You Should Do References 4: Doctors and Media in Disasters 4.1 What You Should Know 4.2 What You Should Understand 4.3 What You Should Do References Part II: Organising Healthcare and Emergency Actions 5: ORSEC-NOVI Plan 5.1 What You Should Know 5.2 What You Should Understand 5.3 What You Should Do References 6: Hospital Disaster Management Plan: Uncommon Health Crises (UHC) 6.1 What You Should Know 6.2 What You Should Understand 6.3 What You Should Do References 7: Emergency Chain in Disaster Medicine 7.1 What You Should Know 7.2 What You Should Understand 7.3 What You Should Do References 8: Medical Emergency Director (MED) 8.1 What You Should Know 8.2 What You Should Understand 8.3 What You Should Do References 9: First Doctor on Disaster Scene 9.1 What You Should Know 9.2 What You Should Understand 9.3 What You Should Do References 10: Role of the Medical Manager of Intra-Hospital Crisis 10.1 What You Should Know 10.2 What You Should Understand 10.3 What You Should Do References 11: Triage of Disaster Medicine 11.1 What You Should Know 11.2 What You Should Understand 11.3 What You Should Do References 12: Advanced Medical Posts (AMP) 12.1 What You Should Know 12.2 What You Should Understand 12.3 What You Should Do References 13: Casualty Collection Point (CCP) 13.1 What You Should Know 13.2 What You Should Understand 13.3 What You Should Do References 14: Rescue in Shooting and Hostages-Taking 14.1 What You Should Know 14.2 What You Should Understand 14.3 What You Should Do 14.4 What You Should Not Do References 15: Medical Coverage of Big Crowds 15.1 What You Should Know 15.2 What You Should Understand 15.3 What You Should Do References Part III: Disastrous Events 16: Destructive Earthquakes 16.1 What You Should Know 16.2 What You Should Understand 16.3 What You Should Do References 17: Cyclones 17.1 What You Should Know 17.2 What You Should Understand 17.3 What You Should Do References 18: Volcanic Eruptions 18.1 What You Should Know 18.2 What You Should Understand 18.3 What You Should Do References 19: Cold Waves 19.1 What You Should Know 19.2 What You Should Understand 19.3 What You Should Do Reference 20: Heat Waves 20.1 What You Should Know 20.2 What You Should Understand 20.3 What You Should Do Reference 21: Disasters and Epidemics 21.1 What You Should Know 21.2 What You Should Understand 21.3 What You Should Do References 22: Dwellings Fires 22.1 What You Should Know 22.2 What You Should Understand 22.3 What You Should Do References 23: Fire Smoke Inhalation 23.1 What You Should Know 23.2 What You Should Understand 23.3 What You Should Do [3] References 24: Explosions 24.1 What You Should Know 24.2 What You Should Understand 24.3 What You Should Do References 25: Nuclear and Radiological Accidents 25.1 What You Should Know [1–3] 25.2 What You Should Understand 25.3 What You Should Do References 26: Traffic Accidents Involving Many Victims 26.1 What You Should Know 26.2 What You Should Understand 26.3 What You Should Do References 27: Railway Accidents 27.1 What You Should Know 27.2 What You Should Understand 27.3 What You Should Do References 28: Warfare Chemical Agents 28.1 What You Should Know 28.2 What You Should Understand 28.3 What You Should Do References 29: Forest Fires 29.1 What You Should Know 29.2 What You Should Understand References Part IV: Techniques of Disaster Medicine 30: Principles of Field Medical Care 30.1 What You Should Know 30.2 What You Should Understand 30.3 What You Should Do References 31: Medical Dispatch in Crises and Disasters 31.1 What You Should Know 31.2 What You Should Understand 31.3 What You Should Do 32: Crush Syndrome 32.1 What You Should Know 32.2 What You Should Understand 32.3 What you should do 32.3.1 During and After Removal of the Compression 32.4 Conclusion Reference 33: Blast 33.1 What You Should Know 33.2 What You Should Understand 33.3 What You Should Do 34: Ballistic Wounds: Management Principles 34.1 What You Should Know 34.2 What You Should Understand 34.3 What You Should Do on Scene References 35: Damage Control 35.1 What You Should Know 35.2 What You Should Understand 35.3 What You Should Do References 36: Fluid Therapy in Disasters 36.1 What You Should Know 36.2 What You Should Understand 36.3 What You Should Do References 37: Procedural Sedation and Analgesia 37.1 What You Should Know 37.2 What You Should Understand 37.3 What You Should Do [1–3] References 38: Search and Rescue (SAR) 38.1 What You Should Know 38.2 What You Should Understand 38.3 What You Should Do References 39: Life-Saving Amputation 39.1 What You Should Know 39.2 What You Should Understand 39.3 What You Should Do References 40: Disaster Situations and Psychological Impact 40.1 What You Should Know 40.2 What You Should Understand 40.3 What You Should Do References 41: Reception of CoVID-19 Patients at the ER 41.1 What You Should Know 41.2 What You Should Understand 41.3 What You Should Do References 42: Mass Casualty Decontamination 42.1 What You Should Know 42.2 What You Should Understand 42.3 What You Should Do 43: Emergency Dry Decontamination 43.1 What You Should Know 43.2 What You Should Understand 43.3 What You Should Do References 44: Children and Disasters 44.1 What You Should Know 44.2 What You Should Understand 44.3 What You Should Do References 45: Pharmaceutical Preparedness in Disaster Medicine 45.1 What You Should Know 45.2 What You Should Understand 45.3 What You Should Do References 46: Antidotes for Chemical and Radiological Agents 46.1 What You Should Know 46.2 What You Should Understand 46.3 What You Should Do References 47: Mobile Medical Post (MMP) 47.1 What You Should Know 47.2 What You Should Understand 47.3 What You Should Do 48: PPE of Health Staff 48.1 What You Should Know 48.2 What You Should Understand 48.3 What You Should Do References 49: FMC, SINUS, and Patient Tracking in Disasters 49.1 What You Should Know 49.2 What You Should Understand 49.3 What You Should Do Reference 50: Transmission in Disasters 50.1 What You Should Know 50.2 What You Should Understand 50.3 What You Should Do