Chapter 16 – Pain in Disasters
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…
Chapter 15 – Chemical and Radiologic Exposures in Trauma and Disasters
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…
Chapter 14 – Considerations When Working with Children and Families
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,…
Chapter 13 – Disaster: Mental Health Effects, Responses, and What Clinicians Can Do
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,…
Chapter 11 – Laboratory Tests and Blood Banking
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…
Chapter 10 – Special Populations: Children
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…
Chapter 9 – Children in Disasters
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…
Chapter 8 – Critical Care Delivery for Disasters in Austere Environments
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…
Chapter 6 – Airway Management
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…
Chapter 5 – Inhaled Anesthetics and Draw-Over Devices in Disaster Response
Abstract Inhaled anesthetics remain the primary pharmacologic agents for administering general anesthesia in current surgical practices. Anesthesia providers enjoy familiarity and extensive experience with these inhaled agents in the context…
