Oxford Manual of Major Incident Management

by Paul Hunt, Ian Greaves

Overview

The Oxford Manual of Major Incident Management brings together and integrates the key facts for all those involved in major incident planning and response. This will be an invaluable resource for a wide range of professionals, from doctors across emergency medicine, public health, general practice, pre-hospital care, and communicable disease control, to nurses, emergency services, administrators and planners.

Transport, industrial, and natural disasters have always necessitated a coordinated interagency, multi-professional response, and with the rising threat in terrorist incidents, that need has never been greater. The information base required to plan for and manage this response has now been collected together into a single user friendly volume, clearly describing the hazards and their management at all stages. This manual will be useful in planning for all types of major incident, acting as the basis for training, and as an aide-memoir during an event. Authoritative, comprehensive, and concise, this quick-reference guide will be of use to both established experts and to novices in the field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199238088
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/31/2017
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Paul Hunt, Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Emergency Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, UK,Ian Greaves, Academic Department of Emergency Medicine, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, UK

Ian Greaves qualified at the University of Birmingham Medical School in 1986. He trained in General Medicine and Emergency Medicine, joined the British Army and was appointed Consultant in 1997. He was appointed to Visiting Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Teesside in 2002. He is author or editor of several books and numerous chapters and papers on Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Pre-hospital Care. He is Chairman of the Research Committee, Member of the Speciality Advisory Board and Member of the Management Board of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to major incident management2. The Concept of Resilience3. The Framework for a Major Incident Response4. Responsibilities of relevant agencies, services and other bodies and individulas5. Casualty and scene medical management6. Special incidents7. Communications8. Chemical incidents9. Biological incidents10. Radiological and nuclear incidents11. Conventional weapons- explosions and ballistics12. The hospital response13. Post-incident recovery and business continuity14. Psychological aspects of major incidents15. Dealing with the mediaAppendices