Chapter 24 – Regional Anesthesia in Disaster Circumstances
Abstract Regional anesthesia has undergone a great deal of growth in recent years, due in part to the ability of peripheral nerve blockade to treat pain without the administration of…
Chapter 25 – Power and Light: Impact of Electrical Systems Failure on the Delivery of Anesthetic Care
Abstract Over the past 50 years, surgery, physiologic monitoring, and the delivery of anesthesia has undergone a high technology revolution. The finger on the pulse, manual blood pressures, and precordial…
Chapter 21 – Operation Tomodachi: Anesthetic Implications
Abstract On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 PM Japanese Standard Time, an earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter scale occurred with an epicenter located approximately 43 miles east of the Tohoku…
Chapter 12 – High-Altitude Physiology and Anesthesia
Abstract Human physiology is well adapted to sea-level atmospheric pressure. Decreased atmospheric pressures at altitude have profound effects on human physiology and anesthetic delivery. Seemingly arcane, the need for high-altitude…
Chapter 23 – Pharmacy in Disaster Anesthesia
Abstract In September 2017 Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico. The Category 4 hurricane destroyed the power grid, communication networks, and caused significant flooding that left 3.4 million residents…
Chapter 18 – Communications
Abstract Hospitals and the healthcare systems are dependent upon reliable and redundant communication systems. Communications is the most common failure complaint following a disaster. When these systems fail, as they…
Chapter 17 – Radiology in the Austere or Disaster Environment
Abstract Radiology in the austere environment is an evolving entity. The extent to which the anesthesiologist will have to be aware of issues related to radiology is highly dependent upon…
Chapter 20 – International Humanitarian Law
Abstract Sadly, war has perhaps been one of the few constants throughout the history of humanity. This has in turn necessitated rules and law that place boundaries on these hostilities….
Chapter 19 – Security in Disaster Anesthesia
Abstract A disaster may occur through natural or man-made events. It can be the result of war, terrorist events, or through so-called acts of god such as floods, tsunamis, earthquakes,…
Chapter 22 – Austere Obstetric Anesthesia
Abstract Situations of disaster, whether due to natural disaster or man-made disaster, are non-discriminatory. All individuals are affected equally, whether male or female, young or old. Persons who are providing…
