CONTRIBUTORS	5
	ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	10
	PREFACE	11
	CONTENTS	12
	PART I GENERAL CONCEPTS	16
	1 DEFINING A DISASTER	17
	2 EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS	19
	3 EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISASTERS	21
	4 TRIAGE	25
	5 DISASTER LOGISTICS	33
	6 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS	37
	7 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS	39
	8 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS	43
	9 COMPLEX HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES	45
	PART II NATURAL DISASTERS	51
	10 EARTHQUAKES	53
	11 VOLCANOES	57
	12 FLOODS	63
	13 TSUNAMIS	67
	14 HURRICANES AND TYPHOONS	71
	15 TORNADOES	75
	16 DROUGHT	79
	17 FIRESTORMS AND WILDFIRES	81
	18 HEATWAVE/ HYPERTHERMIA	87
	19 WINTER STORM DISASTERS AND HYPOTHERMIA	93
	PART III BIOEVENTS AND MANMADE DISASTERS	101
	20 THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF WAR AND CONFLICT	103
	21 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION	109
	22 ANTHRAX	115
	23 SMALLPOX	119
	24 PLAGUE	123
	25 TULAREMIA	129
	26 VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC FEVERS	133
	27 BOTULISM	139
	28 Q FEVER	143
	29 BRUCELLOSIS	147
	30 ALPHAVIRUSES	151
	31 RICIN	157
	32 EPSILON TOXIN	161
	33 STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN B	163
	34 FOOD- AND WATER- BORNE AGENTS	165
	35 MELIOIDOSIS	171
	36 NERVE AGENTS	175
	37 VESICANTS	181
	38 PULMONARY AGENTS	185
	39 CYANIDES	191
	40 NUCLEAR DETONATION/ IONIZING RADIATION EXPOSURE	197
	41 HAZARDOUS MATERIAL DISASTERS	203
	42 MARITIME DISASTERS	207
	43 AVIATION DISASTERS	211
	PART IV MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF DISASTER-RELATED INJURIES AND DISEASE	215
	PART IVA BASIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE	215
	44 THE ABCS AND RESUSCITATION ALGORITHMS FOR CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST	217
	45 SHOCK: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT	221
	46 INTRAVENOUS FLUID REQUIREMENTS AND BLOOD PRODUCTS	225
	DECONTAMINATION	231
	48 ACUTE INHALATION INJURY	241
	49 ELECTRICAL INJURIES	249
	50 TOXICOLOGY	253
	PART IVB INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF DISASTER	258
	51 MEASLES	259
	52 APPROACH TO DIARRHEA AND DYSENTERY	263
	53 MALARIA	267
	54 MENINGITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS	273
	55 TUBERCULOSIS	279
	56 HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS,TYPE 1, AND AIDS	285
	57 SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES	289
	58 SCHISTOSOMIASIS	293
	59 TETANUS	299
	60 BITEWOUNDS AND RABIES	305
	61 TICK- BORNE DISEASES	313
	62 LEPTOSPIROSIS	321
	PART IVC BASIC TRAUMAMANAGEMENT	328
	63 WOUND CARE MANAGEMENT	329
	64 ABDOMINAL TRAUMA	333
	65 THORACIC TRAUMA	339
	66 NEUROTRAUMA	345
	67 BLAST INJURIES	351
	68 CRUSH INJURIES	355
	69 MISSILE INJURIES	359
	70 BURN MANAGEMENT	363
	PART V PEDIATRIC CONSIDERATIONS AND DISASTERS	370
	71 PEDIATRIC PROBLEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES	371
	72 NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT IN MALNUTRITION	375
	73 TREATMENT OF MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN	379
	74 EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC DISASTER VICTIMS	383
	75 PEDIATRIC-SPECIFIC DISASTER-RELATED CONSIDERATIONS	389
	76 PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY TEAM RESPONSE TO DISASTER	395
	PART VI MEDICAL AND HUMANITARIAN DISASTERS	401
	77 WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE	403
	78 SHELTER	407
	79 REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED POPULATIONS	411
	80 CHILD SOLDIERS	415
	81 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH	419
	PART VII EDUCATION, HEALTH ISSUES, AND RESOURCES	423
	82 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS	425
	83 SYNDROMIC SURVEILLANCE	431
	84 JCAHO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STANDARDS	439
	85 HEALTH AND THE HUMANITARIAN/ DISASTERWORKER	445
	86 IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULES AND RECOMMENDATIONS	449
	87 HEALTHCARE WORKER EXPOSURES TO BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS	457
	88 POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER	463
	89 INTERNATIONAL LAW:A PRIMER FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS	469
	90 A GUIDE TO THE WORLDWIDE WEB	479
	INDEX	481