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Major Incident Medical Management and Support


Major Incident Medical Management and Support

The Practical Approach in the Hospital
Advanced Life Support Group 2. Aufl.

von: Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), Kevin Mackway-Jones, Simon Carley

55,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 03.10.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9781119501046
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 176

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<p>The new edition of <i>Major Incident Medical Management and Support</i> 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Written in collaboration with the National Emergency Planning, <i>Major Incident Medical Management and Support </i>is an invaluable reference in the emergency department and beyond for staff needing to prepare for the rare, but inevitable, hospital major incidence response.</p>
<p>Working group vii</p> <p>Contributors to first edition viii</p> <p>Preface to the second edition ix</p> <p>Preface to the first edition x</p> <p>Contact details and further information xi</p> <p>How to use your textbook xii</p> <p><b>PART 1: Introduction 1</b></p> <p>1 The epidemiology and incidence of major incidents 3</p> <p>2 Are we ready for the next major incident? 11</p> <p>3 The structured approach to the hospital response 15</p> <p><b>PART 2: Preparation 21</b></p> <p>4 Planning for major incidents 23</p> <p>5 Major incident equipment 27</p> <p>6 Training 33</p> <p><b>PART 3: Management 37</b></p> <p>7 The scaleable hierarchy concept 39</p> <p>8 The clinical hierarchy 43</p> <p>9 The nursing hierarchy 55</p> <p>10 The management hierarchy 65</p> <p><b>PART 4: Support 79</b></p> <p>11 Declaring a major incident and activating the plan 81</p> <p>12 The reception phase 87</p> <p>13 Triage 97</p> <p>14 The definitive care phase 107</p> <p>15 The recovery phase 111</p> <p><b>PART 5: Special incidents 115</b></p> <p>16 Incidents involving hazardous chemicals 117</p> <p>17 Incidents involving a large number of burns 129</p> <p>18 Incidents involving large numbers of children 139</p> <p>Template annexe of local highlights 149</p> <p>Glossary 159</p> <p>Index 161</p>
<p>The <b>Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG)</b>, Manchester UK, began life in 1990 and became a registered medical education charity in 1993. The organisation exists to "preserve life by providing training and education to the general public and in particular but not exclusively to doctors, nurses and other members of the medical profession, in life saving techniques".<br />The book is written and edited by Emergency Medicine specialists who are Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) trainers.</p>
<p>The new edition of <i>Major Incident Medical Management and Support</i> is a vital component in the blended learning course from the 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.</p> <p>Split into five sections, each one focuses on the elements requisite in preparing for, and responding to, a major incident. The first section discusses the occurrence of major incidents and the structured approach to the hospital response. The second section contains information on 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. The final section focuses on special incidents which require additional consideration, including those involving hazardous chemicals, burns and children.</p> <p>Written in collaboration with National Emergency Planning. <i>Major Incident Medical Management and Support</i> is an invaluable reference in the emergency department and beyond.</p> <p>For more information on the complete range of Wiley medical student and junior doctor publishing, please visit: <b>www.wiley.com</b> For more information on the Advanced Life Support Group, please visit: <b>www.alsg.org</b> To receive automatic updates on Wiley books and journals, join our email list. Sign up today at <b>www.wiley.com/email</b> This new edition is also available as an e-book. For more details, please see <b>www.wiley.com/buy/9781119501015</b></p> <p><b>TITLES OF RELATED INTEREST</b> <i>Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies, 3rd Edition</i> Advanced Life Support Group October 2017 9781118339763</p> <p><i>Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies, 6th Edition</i> Advanced Life Support Group April 2016 9781118947647</p>

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