Ciottone's Disaster Medicine, 3rd Edition

Ciottone's Disaster Medicine, 3rd Edition is your comprehensive guide to disaster preparedness and response, equipping healthcare professionals worldwide with the knowledge to manage both local and global crises. This authoritative text, featuring insights from over 200 experts, covers natural and man-made disasters, including lessons learned from recent events like the COVID-19 pandemic and global refugee crises.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive Coverage: Part 1 provides an A-to-Z resource for disaster medicine, while Part 2 offers an exhaustive compilation of disaster events for quick reference.
• Essential Concepts: Covers risk identification, preparedness, equipment planning, disaster education, and advanced topics like disaster risk reduction and psychological impacts.
• Decision-Making Tools: New decision trees guide you through complex situations.
• Templated Approach: Easy-to-follow format with historical perspectives, current practices, medical treatment, and potential pitfalls.
• Updated Man-Made Disasters Section: Includes mass casualties, active shooter situations, terrorist attacks, and CBRNE disasters.
• Latest Technologies: Discusses mobile disaster applications, drone response systems, and virtual reality simulation training.
• Expanded Topic Coverage: Features updated information on crisis leadership, disaster epidemiology, climate change, and NGO integration.
• New Chapters: Explores pandemic preparedness, disaster medicine in a changing climate, local capacity building, civilian-military coordination, and more.
• Enhanced eBook: Access the complete text, figures, and references digitally, with search, customization, and annotation tools.