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…
Abstract Optimal management of severe pain in a traditional hospital setting can be a challenging process. 1-3 Yet, attempting to manage pain in an out-of-hospital, combat, or austere environment is…
Abstract Ethanol and recreational drugs are by far the most common chemical exposures associated with trauma. This chapter, however, covers other possibly associated exposures: toxic industrial chemicals (TIC), chemical weapons…
Abstract A child’s response to disaster is influenced by developmental stage, parental coping, and family stability. Parents are expected to monitor the eating, sleeping, and socializing of very young children,…
Abstract Descriptions of disasters and their psychological impact as severe trauma on humans appear in ancient literature, such as Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and various religious texts. The historian Herodotus,…
Abstract Although routine pre-operative laboratory testing is firmly established in anesthesia practice, common themes to emerge from the literature are that blood tests are inconsistently applied, consistently overused, and routine…
Abstract Anesthesiologists are likely to face pediatric disaster victims both in the developed world and in developing countries, as children are a significant percentage of the global population. Although many…
Abstract Children are amongst the most vulnerable members of society. In disasters that vulnerability is magnified, especially for the very young and those children who are unaccompanied or have pre-existing…
Abstract Natural disasters (Japan tsunami 2011), terrorism attacks (Boston marathon bombing 2013) and industrial accidents (Bhopal disaster 1984) create mass casualty situations, with large numbers of critically ill or injured…
Abstract There is a great deal of information about the management of the airway during many different scenarios, but very little of that information addresses the management of the airway…
