Oxford American Handbook of Disaster Medicine

"Disasters are difficult to manage for many reasons: the immediacy of the event, magnitude of the event, lack of evidence-based practices, and the limited usefulness of many developed protocols. Consequently, combining academic approaches with realistic and practical recommendations continues to be an underdeveloped aspect of disaster texts. The Oxford American Handbook of Disaster Medicine offers a functional blend of science with pragmatism. Approached from a real-world perspective, the handbook is a portable guide that provides sufficient scientific background to facilitate broader application and problem solving yet approach the topic in a prioritized fashion, supporting rapid understanding and utilization. Contributing authors are clinical and public health providers with disaster experience. This book encompasses the entire scope of disaster medicine from general concepts and fundamental principles to both manmade and natural threats"--Provided by publisher.

Robert A. Partridge, MD, MPH, FACEP, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts; Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital; Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Lawrence Proano, MD, DTMH, FACEP, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

David Marcozzi, MD, MHS-CL, FACEP, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.

Alexander G. Garza, MD, MPH, Director of Military Programs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.

Ira Nemeth, MD, FACEP, Assistant Professor and Director of EMS and Disaster Medicine, Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Kathryn Brinsfield, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Boston University; Associate Medical Director, Boston EMS, Boston, Massachusetts.

Eric S. Weinstein, MD, Attending Physician, Carolinas Hospital System, Emergency Department, Florence, South Carolina.