Author: Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1405187573 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 200
Book Description
Major Incident Medical Management and Support (MIMMS) is the coursebook for the Advanced Life Support Group’s internationally taught training for health care professionals responding to major incidents. The practical approach employed in MIMMS has proved an invaluable aid to both civilian and military doctors, nurses and paramedics working in disaster management worldwide. The third edition has been fully revised to make MIMMS appropriate for the 21st century, with greater emphasis on human factors, a more structured approach to medical management, and new chapters on: Hazardous materials Incidents involving large numbers of children Management of a major incident with multiple burn casualties Mass gatherings Natural disasters There are also revised appendices covering responsibility for the dead, radio use, and voice procedures, and what to do beyond the immediate situation. Covering all eventualities in medical management during major incidents, MIMMS provides a comprehensive and practical guide for all who are involved in this aspect of emergency medicine.
Author: Advanced Life Support Group Publisher: BMJ Books ISBN: 9780727914637 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
This new book on special incident management covers the hazardous incidents that frequently occur during chemical processing, manufacturing, transport, and disposal of toxic waste. This straightforward and practical guide is easily assimilated in an emergency situation. This is a highly important addition to the series; it covers the protection and safety of hospital staff as well as dealing with the patient’s safety. Why buy? This in-depth review of hazardous materials and how to respond to incidents involving them includes a compilation of resources for preparation, risk assessment, equipment and personal protective equipment. • Deals with common incidents such as spillage of chemical materials • Practical easy to follow guidance on the team response • Alerts to optimum safety and protection measures • Includes guides to the emergency services and hospital staff regarding the identification of hazards • Details the lingering effects of trauma in comprehensive appendices; including psychological impacts, epidemiological investigations and further reading on the subject • Outlines medical support roles and protocols for these hazardous situations
Author: Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119501016 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 185
Book Description
The new edition of Major Incident Medical Management and Support is a vital component in the blended learning course from Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), which aims to provide hospital staff at all levels with essential information on the preparation, management and support elements of dealing with casualties in a major incident. Split into five sections, each focuses on the elements requisite in preparing for, and responding, to a major incident. The first section discusses the epidemiology and incidences of major incidents and the structured approach to the hospital response. The second section contains the preparation required in planning for major incidents, including equipment and training. The third section covers the management of a major incident, concentrating on the clinical, nursing and management hierarchies. The fourth includes the various stages of support in a major incident, including declaring an incident and activating the plan, the reception, triage, definitive care and recovery phases of an incident. The final section focuses on special incidents which require additional consideration, including those involving hazardous chemicals, burns and children. Written in collaboration with the National Emergency Planning, Major Incident Medical Management and Support is an invaluable reference in the emergency department and beyond for staff needing to prepare for the rare, but inevitable, hospital major incidence response.
Author: U.S. Department of Transportation Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1626363765 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 400
Book Description
Does the identification number 60 indicate a toxic substance or a flammable solid, in the molten state at an elevated temperature? Does the identification number 1035 indicate ethane or butane? What is the difference between natural gas transmission pipelines and natural gas distribution pipelines? If you came upon an overturned truck on the highway that was leaking, would you be able to identify if it was hazardous and know what steps to take? Questions like these and more are answered in the Emergency Response Guidebook. Learn how to identify symbols for and vehicles carrying toxic, flammable, explosive, radioactive, or otherwise harmful substances and how to respond once an incident involving those substances has been identified. Always be prepared in situations that are unfamiliar and dangerous and know how to rectify them. Keeping this guide around at all times will ensure that, if you were to come upon a transportation situation involving hazardous substances or dangerous goods, you will be able to help keep others and yourself out of danger. With color-coded pages for quick and easy reference, this is the official manual used by first responders in the United States and Canada for transportation incidents involving dangerous goods or hazardous materials.
Author: Louis N. Molino, Sr. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0470043415 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 540
Book Description
A "street smart" look atincident management in all its permutations Incident Management Systems (IMS) provide the means by which to coordinate the efforts of individual agencies in order to stabilize an incident and protect life, property, and the environment. Born from the FireScope project of the late 1960s, which was developed in response to the major wildfires that regularly plagued Southern California, these systems have evolved with many similarities and certain fundamental differences. Emergency Incident Management Systems: Fundamentals and Applications contrasts the major forms of Incident Management/Incident Command Systems. The author illuminates these differences and offers a fresh perspective on the concepts on which these systems are founded in order to make them more accessible and user-friendly. Without suggesting major changes in the systems, he bridges the gap between their theoretical and academic foundations and their real-world applications, and makes them more applicable to the professional's daily needs. Timely features of the book include: * An "in the field" point of view * Coverage of incidents of mass destruction * Filled-out sample forms designed to aid professionals in completing reports In post-9/11 America, where incident management has become a national priority-one that must be easilyunderstood and applicable across all emergency systems-this book provides a useful tool for helping today's emergency workers be more informed and more prepared than ever.
Author: Advanced Life Support Group Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 9780727909282 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 205
Book Description
With major incidents increasingly in the headlines, health services everywhere are becoming conscious of the need to be fully prepared. This book, based on a tried and tested MIMMS course, provides all the information the health services need when responding to a major incident. Its concise, didactic format makes it an ideal practical manual for training and preparation for the real situation. Six main sections cover every aspect of organisation of services, management, and support: overview, guidance and outline response, organisation, preparation, medical management, medical support, and practical skills. Illustrated with line drawings, boxed summaries, and including appendices on special types of incidents, psychological aspects of disaster and training, this comprehensive book will take its place as a benchmark for all medical major incident planning.
Author: Jan Glarum Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN: 0128132000 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 107
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Healthcare Emergency Incident Management Operations Guide offers healthcare personnel a quick and intuitive guide to preparing for, responding to and recovering from events which have the potential to impact their operations. The recently updated Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) rules for emergency preparedness added 10-15 new healthcare organizations into the mix that require emergency preparedness efforts. The Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) is a good tool for event management but, like all tools, it requires practice. Many hospital personnel take online ICS courses and rarely practice enough to be proficient. This is a comprehensive guide to the HICS and can be referenced during initial and refresher training as well as during event management. - Covers how to utilize the Hospital incident Command System (HICS) and Incident Action Planning (IAP) processes - Includes Initial Incident Action Plan considerations for common disaster events - Features exercises for initial and refresher training
Author: Jan Glarum Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN: 0080964958 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 253
Book Description
Hospital Emergency Response Teams aims to provide authoritative training for hospital personnel in the emergency department, as well community-level medical service personnel, assisting them in times of disaster and emergency. Comprised of six chapters, the book covers various aspects of emergency response. Some of the aspects are the National Incident Management System (NIMS) implementation activities for hospitals and health care systems and the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) IV missions. The book also explains the implementation issues, requirements, and timelines in establishing an internal HICS IV program. It presents the assessment of likely mass casualty events and potential hospital impact. The book also features appendices for emergency response team checklists, PPE donning and doffing guide, ambulatory and non-ambulatory decontamination setup, ETA exercises, and ETA drills.The book is intended to provide understanding of emergency response to first emergency medicine professionals, first responders, security staff, community-level disaster planners, and public health and disaster management researchers. - Common sense approach shows what really works, not what is theoretically achievable - Forms, checklists, and guidelines can be used to develop concrete response plans, validate existing operations, or simply expand knowledge base - The latest from OSHA, Joint Commission and NIMS (National Incident Management System) - Cross-disciplinary author team ensures material is appropriate for all member of this important collaboration
Author: Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1405140283 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 414
Book Description
This international bestseller covers the full advanced paediatric life support course, with the core sections for the abbreviated one-day course clearly picked out. The book provides practical guidance for managing children and infants in the first life-threatening "golden" hour. This new edition goes beyond immediate management to include stabilisation and transfer.
Author: Hock Heng Tan Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company ISBN: 9814583170 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 218
Book Description
The Hazmat medical life support basic provider course book aims to equip medical responders to a hazmat incident — chemical, radiological or biological — with essential skills and knowledge to safely manage casualties. It includes basic information about hazmat agents and provides easy to remember algorithmic approaches for the on-scene management of a hazmat event. Essential information on setting up medical operations, triaging and approach to hazmat event, personal protective equipment, decontamination, wound management, life support as well as paediatric-specific issues are discussed in this book.
Author: Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG)
Author: Advanced Life Support Group
Author: Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG)
Author: U.S. Department of Transportation
Author: Louis N. Molino, Sr.
Author: Advanced Life Support Group
Author: Jan Glarum
Author: Jan Glarum
Author: Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG)
Author: Hock Heng Tan