Disaster Preparedness and Management

Description

Be prepared when disaster strikes with this comprehensive guide to the basics of disaster preparation and response. From the phases of a disaster through all of the elements of an institutional plan to specific events, you’ll have the information you need at your fingertips...from a nursing perspective.

Key Features:

• Essential content on developing protocols to prepare for and deal with a disaster.
• Personal and institutional preparedness plans for home, travel, and workplace.
• How to prepare for and function effectively when confronted with…violent weather • terrorism • chemical, radiological, and biological agents • explosives • pandemics • shootings • and workplace violence.
• Coverage of the National Institute Management System, triage, and patient flow for the hospital and the field.
• Drills and tabletop exercises.
• Alert Boxes with critical, need-to-know information, including serious or life-threatening signs and symptoms and important clinical practice points.
• Easy-to-reference“Why is this important” and “Evidence for practice” boxes.

Table of Contents

1. Disaster Basics
2. Triage
3. Preparedness for the Hospital and Other Institutions
4. Personal Preparedness
5. Violent Weather
6. Pandemics
7. Domestic Terrorism: Violence in the Workplace and Schools
8. Biological Agents
9. Chemical Agents
10. Weapons of Mass Destruction Explosives
11. References

Index

By Michael Beach, DNP, ACNP-BC, PNP, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.