Includes bibliographical references and index.

Essentials of disaster planning / Tener Goodwin Veenema -- Leadership and coordination in disaster health care systems : the Federal Disaster Response Network / Roberta Lavin, Lynn Slepski, and Tener Goodwin Veenema -- Emergency health services / Jeremy T. Cushman ... [et al.] -- American Red Cross disaster health services and disaster nursing / Dianne Yeater and Nancy McKelvey -- Understanding the psychosocial impact of disasters / Kathleen Coyne Plum -- Legal and ethical issues in disaster response / Amy T. Campbell, Kevin D. Hart, and Sally A. Norton -- Crisis communication : the role of the media / Brigitte L. Nacos -- Disaster management / Kristine Qureshi and Kristine M. Gebbie -- Disaster triage / Kristine Qureshi and Tener Goodwin Veenema -- Restoring public health under disaster conditions : basic sanitation, water and food supply, and shelter / Tener Goodwin Veenema -- Managing emergencies outside of the hospital : special events, mass gatherings, and mass casualty incidents / Tener Goodwin Veenema -- Management of burn mass casualty incidents / Christopher Lentz ... [et al.] -- Traumatic injury due to explosives and blast effects / Tara Sacco -- Management of psychosocial effects / Kathleen Coyne Plum and Tener Goodwin Veenema -- Unique needs of children during disasters and other public health emergencies / Lisa Marie Bernardo -- Identifying and accommodating high-risk and high-vulnerability populations / Alan Clive ... [et al.] -- Natural disasters / Linda Young Landesman and Tener Goodwin Veenema -- Environmental disasters and emergencies / Tener Goodwin Veenema -- Biological and chemical terrorism : a unique threat / Eric Croddy and Gary Ackerman -- Surveillance systems for detection of biological events / Erica Rihl Pryor -- Biological agents of concern / David C. Pigott and Ziad N. Kazzi -- Early recognition and detection of biological events / Erica Rihl Pryor -- Emerging infectious disease / Jennifer A. Byrnes -- Design and implementation of mass immunization and prophylactic treatment clinics / Kathryn McCabe Votava -- Chemical agents of concern / Tener Goodwin Veenema, John Benitez, and Sharon Benware -- Mass casualty decontamination / Tener Goodwin Veenema -- Radiological incidents and emergencies / Andrew Karam -- Directions for nursing education / Joan M. Stanley and Tener Goodwin Veenema -- Directions for nursing research and development / Richard Ricciardi ... [et al.] -- Global issues in disaster relief nursing / Pat Deeny ... [et al.] -- The role and preparation of the public health nurse for disaster response / Joy Spellman -- Disaster recovery : creating sustainable disaster-resistant communities / Tener Goodwin Veenema.

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