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Disaster Preparedness and Response (Paperback)
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Disaster Preparedness and Response (Paperback)
Series: WHAT DO I DO NOW EMERGENCY MEDICINE
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Disaster medicine has occupied an increasingly important niche
within the specialty of emergency medicine over the latter half of
the 20th century. Regardless of whether an event was natural,
anthropogenic, or a combination of both, emergency medicine was and
is the ideal discipline to develop the human resources, the
strategies, the tactics, and the evidence- based research to
elevate the field of disaster medicine. It began, organizationally
speaking, with Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and it is continuing through
the 2019 COVID- 19 pandemic and beyond. Now that we are well into
the 21st century, we must steady our footing as a specialty on the
20th century's foundation so that we can wrestle with the more
intricate challenges of the future. In the past two decades our
global populations have experienced sectarian violence, wars,
genocide, migration, terrorism, emerging infectious diseases, and
pandemics. These natural and anthropogenic events will only worsen
exponentially as we become intrinsically trapped by the effects of
climate change. The United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change has recently concluded that regardless of how we try
to reverse the effects of global warming, what we are experiencing
now in terms of hurricanes, floods, and droughts will continue to
worsen over the next 30 years. Should we, as a species, continue to
equivocate and as global temperatures climb, these events will
become more frequent and more catastrophic. "Catastrophic" may even
be too mild a term. It is possible that over the next few years,
the academic arm of emergency medicine may need to consider
developing a curriculum devoted to "Cataclysmic Medicine." To
confront these possibilities, there first needs to be a knowledge
of disaster medicine and disaster management at its most basic
level. It begins with crisis leadership, command and control,
communications, and coordination. When all these pieces of the
jigsaw puzzle are fitted together properly and enclosed by a proper
ethical frame, then the best and most ethical and moral disaster
medical can will be provided to the patient and to the community.
The intent of this book is to introduce these concepts using
diverse viewpoints and scenarios. Readers are challenged to
cogitate, create, and layer their own set of building blocks upon
the preexisting foundation, thereby reinforcing and sustaining
their own capacity to prepare for and respond to any adverse
eventuality, mass casualty or otherwise. I hope that the
experiential and evidence- based contents of this book will inspire
readers to delve deeper into the nuances of disaster medicine and
will serve as an impetus for a more profound quest for knowledge
and a desire to serve those who will be experiencing the worst
moments of their lives. The intent of this book is to introduce
these concepts using diverse viewpoints and scenarios. Readers are
challenged to cogitate, create, and layer their own set of building
blocks upon the preexisting foundation, thereby reinforcing and
sustaining their own capacity to prepare for and respond to any
adverse eventuality, mass casualty or otherwise. It is hoped that
the experiential and evidence- based contents of this book will
inspire readers to delve deeper into the nuances of disaster
medicine and it will serve as an impetus for a more profound quest
for knowledge and a desire to serve those who will be experiencing
the worst moments of their lives.
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