Disasters, disease pandemics and terror incidents can result in the loss of a large number of human lives. Preparedness for such events is critical to minimize loss of life and time of recovery. This book provides comprehensive coverage of best practices for vital elements of disaster management, including mass casualty management, homeland security concerns, hospital planning and preparedness, and emergency medical services. It also discusses psychosocial issues, coordination between pre-hospital and hospital care, triage planning, communication and IT tools, training tools and research in disaster management. Focusing on state-of-the-art procedures and emerging trends, this book examines natural hazards and man-made disasters in both developed and developing countries. It is an essential guide for researchers, policy makers, students and clinicians, an all those involved in disaster rescue and response. --Cover.

Disaster management and homeland security: a prologue --A holistic view to managing the inevitable in migh-tech and resource-poor settings / Rajesh Arora and Preeti Arora -- Training, mitigation and medical preparedness -- The role of the primary care physician in disasters / Mark K. Huntington -- Manikin simulation for mass casualty incident training / Dale S. Vincent and Benjamin W. Berg -- Crucial role of communication in disaster management and homeland security -- The role of social networking in disaster management / Marcia Trainer and Anju Goel -- Regional disaster planning for neonatal intensive care / Ronald S. Cohen -- Application of mobile grids for disaster management / Monideepa Roy and Nandini Mukherjee -- Disasters and mass casualty incidents: incident site command and control, point-of-care testing -- Disaster point-of-care testing: fundamental concepts and new technologies / Gerald J. Kost, Corbin Curtis, Richard Louie and Ann Sakaguchi -- Incident command systems / Steven Parillo and Jean Bail -- Incident site command and control / Anders R -- er -- Disasters in medical care contexts: planning for resilience in incident command personnel and systems in hospitals / Douglas Paton and David Allen -- Information management during the disaster medical support planning and execution phases / Rostislav Stefanov Kostadinov -- Medical management of complex disasters and MCI victims in hospitals -- Potential application of established pre-hospital and hospital synergy in disaster management / Jameel Ali -- Process management of multiple casualty events / Miklosh Bala, Yuval Weiss and Yoram G. Weiss -- Securing the homeland: the medical way -- Suicide bombing response / Aaron Richman, Christopher R. Foerster and Timothy P. Cohen -- Hospital triage and bottlenecks to the flow of casualties: a review / Fernando Tuérgano and Itamar Ashkenazi -- Role of military hospitals in handling chemical and biological disasters / Mesut Ortatatli and Levent Kenar -- Initial management of mass casualty incidents / Robert P. Chilcott -- Emergency decontamination in low-resource settings / Denis Josse and Gilles Barrier -- Radiological contaminates: triage, treatment and medical management of exposed persons / Edward Joseph Waller -- Defeating emerging health threats: managing by prophylactic and therapeutic approaches -- Superhumanized antibodies for biodefense: the example of anthrax / Philippe Thullier, Michael Hust and Thibaut Pelat -- Medical support in the case of chemical and biological incidents / Kamen Kanev, Christophor Dishovsky and Stoian Tonev -- Gearing up paraphernalia for the management of CBRN emergencies: a mulit-stakeholder approach is the need of the hour / Rajesh Arora, Raman Chawla, Preeti Arora, -- Pallavi Thakur, / Ayush Chowdhary, Rajeev Goel and Rakesh Sharma -- Prophylactic possibilities in case of high risk of exposure to nerve agents / Jiri Bajgar -- Handling psychosocial issues: a difference in perspective (developed and developing nations) -- Collective resilience versus collective vulnerability after disasters: a social psychological perspective / Chris Cocking -- Community-based psychosocial support: an overview / Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz -- Disaster mental health: a paradigm shift from curative to preventive psychiatry / Suresh Bada Math, Naveen C. Kumar, Maria Nirmala Christine and Anish V. Cherian -- Efficient human resource management contributes to augmented societal resilience in the aftermath of disasters: lessons from the 2011 TMhoku earthquake and tsunami / Preeti Arora, Rupa Gunaseelan and Rajesh Arora -- Bridging the great divide: the challenge of managing disasters and MCIs in resource-poor settings -- Managing disasters from a health security perspective / Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett -- Management of the 2011 Japan multiple disasters (earthquake, tsunami and ensuing disasters): a view through an international lens / Preeti Arora, Rajesh Arora, Rupa Gunaseelan, Raman Chawla, and J.R. Bhardwaj -- Viewing mass casualties from a hospital window: relevant issues for the developing world / Shabir Ahmed Dhar, Arshiya Hamid and Tahir Ahmed Dar -- Post-disaster relief, rehabilitation and recovery -- The immediate post-disaster reconstruction phase: alternate care site settings and vulnerable populations / James C. Hagen and Scott P. Hagen -- Management of dead following disasters and mass casualty incidents: critical operational issues revolve around human resources and logistics / Preeti Arora, Rajesh Arora, Raman Chawla, Rupa Gunaseelan, and J.R. Bhardwaj -- Disaster management: the socioeconomic dimension / Kai-Lit Phua -- Fostering disaster-resilient communities through educating children and women for disaster preparedness, response and recovery in developing countries / Yasamin O. Izadkhah and Mahmood Hosselini.