Field Hospitals : A Comprehensive Guide to Preparation and Operation (Hardcover)

Preface Elhanan Bar-On, Kobi Peleg and Yitshak Kreiss; Part I. History: 1. History of military field hospitals Eran Dolev; 2. Caring for weapon wounded: the Red Cross experience from Solferino to the ICRC hospitals Asa Molde; Part II. Scenarios: 3. Definitions, needs, scenarios, functional concept, modes of deployment Maximilian P. Nerlander and Johan von Schreeb; 4. Needs assessment: forecasting the needs and improving the immediate medical response in complex emergencies Olivier Hagon, Lionel Dumont and Jean-Daniel Junod; 5. Predeployment operational planning and preparations Arjun Katoch and Elon Glassberg; Part III. Operational Considerations: 6. Training and accreditation Anthony D. Redmond; 7. Personnel Pietro D. Marghella and Kelly Suter; 8. Leading the mission: organizational structure and operations Yitshak Kreiss and Yoel Har-Even; 9. Coordination and organization of medical relief to affected areas Kobi Peleg, Moran Bodas and Ian Norton; 10. Field hospital logistics: the technical component Terry Trewin; 11. Auxiliary medical services in a field hospital Yoel Har-Even, Guy Lakovski, Melanie Morrow, Michel Somekh and Tami Halperin; 12. Information and communication technologies in a field hospital Gadi Levi and Dror Yifrach; Part IV. Clinical Considerations: 13. Advanced triage management for emergency medical teams Frederick M. Burkle, Jr; 14. Medical aspects in a field hospital Ian Miskin and Eliezer Schwartz; 15. Pediatrics in a field hospital Vladislav Dvoyris and Tarif Bader; 16. Surgery in a field hospital Harald Veen and Seema Biswas; 17. Wound management in a field hospital environment Alan Kay; 18. Orthopedics in a field hospital Elhanan Bar-On and Patrick Herard; 19. Burn care in a field hospital environment Alan Kay; 20. Obstetrics and gynecology in a field hospital Avi Abargel and Shir Dar; 21. Otolaryngology and maxillofacial surgery in a field hospital Tal Marom, Haim Lavon and Ariel Hirschhorn; 22. Ophthalmology in a field hospital Erez Tsumi; 23. Anesthesia and pain management in field hospitals Ralf E. Gebhard, Asima Iqbal and Mohamed Koronfel; 24. Intensive care unit build-up within a field hospital setting Ami Mayo, Nisim Ifrach, Dekel Stavi and Nimrod Adi; 25. Infectious diseases and public health in a field hospital Paul Reed and Boris Lushniak; 26. Primary and ambulatory care in a field hospital in disaster areas Ilan Green and Shlomo Vinker; 27. Mental health in a field hospital Eyal Fruchter and Karen Ginat; 28. Nursing in a field hospital: planning, organisation and operations Bronte Martin and Rebecca Weir; Part V. Additional Contextual Considerations: 29. Forensic medicine and victim identification in the field hospital setting S. David Gertz, Chen Kugel, Ladd A. Tremiane and Louis N. Finelli; 30. Prehospital care in the disaster setting Dan Hanfling; 31. Long-term deployment and continuity of care Seema Biswas, Harald Veen and Inga Osmers; 32. Ethical dilemmas in field hospital deployment Ofer Merin, Avraham Steinberg and Dan Hanfling; 33. Legal issues Claire Clement.