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Author Adelman, Deborah S

Title Disaster nursing : a handbook for practice / Deborah S. Adelman, Timothy J. Legg
Published Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Pub., c2009

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Description xix, 347 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Contents The nature of disasters / Deborah S. Adelman and William Gray -- Volunteerism / Matthew Roberts -- The varying faces of disaster / Sharon Druce -- Leadership and management in a disaster / Sharon Druce -- Special populations in a disaster : the child and pregnant woman / Josephine DeVito and Maryann Godshall -- Special populations in a disaster : the elderly and disabled / Timothy J. Legg and Deborah S. Adelman -- Culture and disasters / Sharon A. Nazarchuk and Timothy J. Legg -- The psychology of disasters / Carol Kleinmann and Jean Rubino -- Communicating in a disaster / Susan Sonnier -- Legal and ethical considerations in a disaster / Deborah A. DeLuca and Rebecca Cady -- Hazmat / Dale Simpson -- Burns : overview of etiology, pathophysiology, and determining when referral is needed / Deborah A. DeLuca and Deborah S. Adelman -- Management of the burned trauma patient : from initial assessment to ultimate outcome / Deborah A. Deluca and Deborah S. Adelman -- Burns in the mass casualty disaster environment / Deborah A. DeLuca and Deborah S. Adelman -- Upscaling burn management : the mass burn casualty incident application : CBRN / Deborah A. DeLuca and Deborah S. Adelman -- Bioterrorism : the use of biologicals / Deborah Adelman and Timothy Legg -- Issues that arise in a disaster / Timothy Legg and Deborah Adelman
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Disaster nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Disasters -- Handbooks
Emergency Nursing -- Handbooks
Bioterrorism -- Handbooks
Burns -- nursing -- Handbooks
Disaster Planning -- Handbooks
Mass Casualty Incidents -- Handbooks
Author Legg, Timothy J
LC no. 2008028606
ISBN 9780763758448 (pbk.)
0763758442 (pbk.)