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Book Description
The Jane's Mass Casualty Handbook provides essential information for emergency response personnel preparing for, responding to and recovering from mass casualty incidents. The Hospital handbook is designed for physicians, nurses and other hospital-based personnel responding to mass casualty incidents particularly chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive.

Contents include

Emergency management programs
Emergency operations plan
EOP concept of operations
explosives and incendiaries casualties
chemical and radiation preparedness
biological events
exercises and training

About the Author
Joseph A Barbera, MD is a residency trained, board certified emergency physician. He is Co-Director of the Institute for Crisis, Disaster and Risk Management at the George Washington University where he teaches masters and doctoral emergency management courses, conducts medical and public health emergency management research and provides consultative services

Anthony G Macintyre, MD is a Board Certified Emergency Physician and Associate Professor with the Department of Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University. His academic career has focused on medical emergency preparedness at various levels. In particular, he and Dr. Barbera developed a mass decontamination capability for the George Washington University Hospital. Dr. Macintyre has served as a medical advisor and coordinator for the Federally sponsored bio-terrorism exercise, TOPOFF held in Denver Colorado in 2000.

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Any emergency occuring anywhere can impact the operation of healthcare facilities. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Special Situations, Emergency Management Program, Department of Defense, Hospital Role, Strategic National Stockpile, Contaminated Patient Annex, Emergency Operations Center, Hospital Operations Planning Guide Final, Sloan Foundation, Task Force, Administration Officer, Characteristics of Level, Department of Homeland Security, Job Action Sheets, Logistics Officer New!
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