Table of Contents

 

 

 

1

Essentials of Disaster Planning

 

2

Leadership and Coordination in Disaster Health Care Systems: The U.S. National Response Framework

 

3

Emergency Health Services

 

4

Hospital & Emergency Department Preparedness

 

5

Human Services in Disasters and Public Health Emergencies: Social Disruption, Individual Empowerment, and Community Resilience

 

6

Understanding the Psychosocial and Behavioral Impact of Disasters

 

7

Management of the Psychosocial Effects of Disasters

 

8

American Red Cross Disaster Health Services and Disaster Nursing: National Capability - Local Community Impact

 

9

Legal and Ethical Issues in Disaster Response

 

10

Crisis Communications

 

11

Disaster Management and the Incident Command System

 

12

Disaster Triage

 

13

Emergency Medical Consequence Planning for Special Events, Mass Gatherings and Mass Casualty Incidents

 

14

Management of Burn Mass Casualty Incidents

 

15

Management of Traumatic Injuries due to Explosive and Blast Effects

 

16

Natural Disasters

 

17

Restoring Public Health Under Disaster Conditions: Basic Sanitation, Water and Food Supply, and Shelter

 

18

Climate Change and the Nurses Role in Policy & Practice

 

19

Environmental Disasters and Emergencies

 

20

Global Complex Human Emergencies

 

21

Global Issues in Disaster Relief Nursing

 

22

Understanding Biological and Chemical Terrorism

 

23

Surveillance Systems for Detection of Biological Events

 

24

Biological Agents of Concern

 

25

Early Recognition and Detection of Biological Events

 

26

Infectious Disease Emergencies

 

27

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing

 

28

Chemical Agents of Concern

 

29

Decontamination and the Use of Personal Protective Equipment

 

30

Radiological Incidents and Emergencies

 

31

Identification and Accommodation of High-Risk and High Vulnerability Populations

 

32

Care of Children in Disasters and Public Health Emergencies

 

33

Disaster Nursing in Schools and other Community & Child Congregate Care Settings

 

34

Care of the Pregnant Woman and Newborn During Disasters

 

35

Care of Patients with HIV/AIDS During Disasters

 

36

Information Technology in Disaster Management

 

37

National Nurse Preparedness: Achieving Competency Based Expert Practice

 

38

The Role and Preparation of the Public Health Nurse for Disaster Response

 

39

Disaster Nursing Research

 

40(41)

Innovations in Disaste Nursing Education

 

 

Ready RN: Making Every Nurse a Prepared Nurse

 

 

Epilouge Disaster Recovery: Creating Sustainable Disaster Resilient Communities