Book contents
- Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma
- Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Injuries
- Chapter 1 Head Injury
- Chapter 2 Facial Injury
- Chapter 3 Neck Injury
- Chapter 4 Thoracic Injury
- Chapter 5 Abdominal Trauma
- Chapter 6 Musculoskeletal Injury
- Chapter 7 Spinal Injuries
- Chapter 8 Burn Injuries
- Chapter 9 Soft Tissue Injuries
- Chapter 10 Extremity Compartment Syndrome
- Chapter 11 Ballistics
- Chapter 12 Trauma in Pregnancy
- Chapter 13 Pediatric Trauma
- Chapter 14 Geriatric Trauma
- Chapter 15 Disaster Medicine
- Section 2 Procedures
- Index
Chapter 15 - Disaster Medicine
from Section 1 - Injuries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2021
- Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma
- Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Injuries
- Chapter 1 Head Injury
- Chapter 2 Facial Injury
- Chapter 3 Neck Injury
- Chapter 4 Thoracic Injury
- Chapter 5 Abdominal Trauma
- Chapter 6 Musculoskeletal Injury
- Chapter 7 Spinal Injuries
- Chapter 8 Burn Injuries
- Chapter 9 Soft Tissue Injuries
- Chapter 10 Extremity Compartment Syndrome
- Chapter 11 Ballistics
- Chapter 12 Trauma in Pregnancy
- Chapter 13 Pediatric Trauma
- Chapter 14 Geriatric Trauma
- Chapter 15 Disaster Medicine
- Section 2 Procedures
- Index
Summary
Disasters often occur without any warning and may result in mass casualties that can overwhelm the capacity of local and regional healthcare systems. The etiology of disasters can be man-made or natural, can be localized or effect a large geographic area, and can result in minimal harm to the population or mass casualties. The most lethal natural disasters include earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, snowstorms, and fires. Man-made disasters include wars, building collapses, mine cave-ins, chemical and biological exposures, nuclear accidents, and civil unrest.
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- Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma , pp. 282 - 294Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021