Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine

• MEDICAL INTERVENTION & THE WORLD WE LIVE IN: The new millennium - globalisation & conflict.- The world since 9/11 & 7/7.- New paradigms.- Spectrum of conflict.- Natural & Man made disasters.- Remote, austere & resource limited (Oil & Gas, oceans, mountains & desert) .- The players NGOs, IGOs & the Military.- Medical/health intervention.- LIVING & WORKING: Getting involved.- Planning.- Clothing, immunisations, personal equipment.- Hazards - Staying safe.- Mines.- Personal security.- Communications/GPS/Telemed.- Psychological aspects.- Taking care of the home front, job protection.- CONFLICT, DISASTER & PUBLIC HEALTH: Displacement & migration.- Refugees & IDPs.- Health threats & principles of intervention.- Protection-based physical planning.- International Humanitarian Law.- Conflict recovery.- CLINICAL CARE: Pre-Hospital planning.- Aviation medicine.- Communications Technology.- Capability & applied communications.- Acute medical problems.- Women's health.- Children's health.- Trauma, surgical & related conditions. Introduction.Orthopaedics & Trauma.Ballistics & Blast.Abdominal & Acute Surgical Emergencies.Dental & ENT. Anaesthesia & Analgesia.- CASE STUDIES: Multi-agency/multiple angle perspectives.- Tsunamis (Sri Lanka) .- Earthquake (Turkey, Iran & Pakistan) .- Storms & Floods (New Orleans) .- Failed States.- The Middle East.- Recent conflicts.- Terrorism - 9/11, Madrid & 7/7.- CREDENTIALING, EDUCATION & TRAINING - THE DMCC EXAMINATION: Essential knowledge & skills.- Assessment of competency.- RESOURCES: Publications.- Checkists, Suppliers, & Specialist Advice.- Using the Internet.- "AND FINALLY"

From the reviews of 1st edition: "[T]akes a welcome step towards collating essential knowledge, both theoretical and practical, for healthcare workers contemplating humanitarian work." (Douglas M. Bowley, JRSM, September 2002, vol 95, 472-473 ) "[R]epresents and ambitious project with a broad scope of interests. Few books take health care providers through every step of relief work, from contemplating their own motivations and suitability for the task and packing safe and practical clothing. Alternately handbook and reference book, this collection offers advise for settings in which the 'medicine is often more straightforward than the logistics.' It should prove most useful for providers who are inexperienced in rendering health care outside of the traditional hospital or clinic setting, whatever their level of training." (Rebecca S. Newton, NEJM, 13.03.2003, 1070-71) "[A] very useful book for all physicians, nurses and paramedics, as well as other medical professionals who consider or plan to join the ranks of many thousands of humanitarian aid workers. This book would also be an excellent entry-level course book for various introductory courses, workshops and other educational activities. [T]his book takes an enormous step in helping to understand and act in appropriate manner. I certainly would pack this book along next time I go." (Ari Leppaniemi, Scandinavian Journal of Surgery, March 2002, vol 91, 127-128) "I strongly recommend it for any student considering an elective, doctor considering a post-graduate posting or brief locum in an area of conflict, or administrator working with a humanitarian organization. It is an excellent book which could be made even better in a second edition." (Michael Jones, Tropical Doctor, April 2003, vol 33, 125)