Health emergency preparedness and response / edited by Chloe Sellwood (BSc (Hons), PhD, FRSPH, DipHEP, National Lead Pandemic Influenza, NHS England, Honorary Associate Professor, Health Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response, University of Nottingham) and Andy Wapling (OStJ, MSc, FRSPH, FICPEM, Regional Head of Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response, NHS England (South)).
Material type: TextPublisher: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2016Copyright date: 2016Description: 1 online resource (xi, 217 pages) : color illustrations, maps, chartsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781786390431
- 9781786390431
- Emergency management
- Emergency medical services
- Disaster medicine
- Disaster Planning -- organization & administration
- Emergencies
- Risk Management
- Emergency Medical Services
- Public Health
- Health Policy
- Education and Training
- Agencies and Organizations
- Laws and Regulations
- Health Economics, (New March 2000)
- Policy and Planning
- Natural Disasters
- Health Services
- Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000)
- Human Health and the Environment
- Non-communicable Human Diseases and Injuries
- Human Toxicology and Poisoning, (New March 2000)
- Accidents
- Bioterrorism
- Businesses
- Chemicals
- Communication
- Disasters
- Earthquakes
- Emergencies
- Epidemics
- Exposure
- Health care
- Health care workers
- Health hazards
- Human diseases
- Infectious diseases
- Influenza
- Influenza viruses
- Management
- Mental health
- Military medicine
- Military personnel
- Natural disasters
- Organization of work
- Organizations
- Partnerships
- Personnel
- Planning
- Psychiatric services
- Psychosocial aspects
- Public health
- Public health services
- Radioactive wastes
- Radionuclides
- Reviews
- Risk assessment
- Teamwork
- Terrorism
- Toxic substances
- Training
- Viral diseases
- Work teams
- CC100
- DD100
- DD500
- EE118
- EE120
- PP800
- UU350
- VV210
- VV500
- VV600
- VV810
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This book aims to provide a series of informative descriptions of key elements of health emergency preparedness and response that are underpinned by real-life examples. The book is divided into 17 chapters, as follows: introduction on the need to prepare for health emergencies; the planning process; risk assessment; writing an emergency plan; emergency planning and response, and working in partnership; interprofessional working and understanding some emotional barriers and unconscious processes that might influence practice in group and team work; command, control and communication; communications during a health emergency; psychosocial and mental health care before, during and after emergencies, disasters and major incidents; business continuity; training and exercising for emergency preparedness, resilience and response; post-incident follow-up; mass casualty incidents; preparedness and response to pandemics and other infectious disease emergencies; chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents; a military case study; and, health and emergencies in Canterbury, New Zealand, from pandemics to earthquakes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : why do we need to prepare? / C. Sellwood and A. Wapling -- The planning process / C. Sellwood and A. Wapling -- Risk assessment / J. Bush -- Writing an emergency plan / A. Wapling -- Emergency planning and response : working in partnership / S. Lewis -- Interprofessional working : understanding some emotional barriers and unconscious processes that might influence practice in group and team work / P. Sully -- Command, control and communication / A. Rowe and P. Thorpe -- Communications during a health emergency / J. Cole -- Psychosocial and mental health care before, during and after emergencies, disasters and major incidents / R. Williams and V. Kemp -- Business continuity / J. Hebdon -- Training and exercising for emergency preparedness, resilience and response / R. Ellett and A. Wapling -- Post-incident follow-up / K. Reddin and G. Macdonald -- Mass casualty incidents / M. Shanahan -- Preparedness and response to pandemics and other infectious disease emergencies / J.S. Nguyen-Van-Tam and P.M.P. Penttinen -- CBRN incidents / R.P. Chilcott and S.M. Wyke -- A military case study / D. Ross and A. Charnick -- From pandemics to earthquakes : health and emergencies in Canterbury, New Zealand / A. Humphrey.
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