Essentials of Terror Medicine

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shapira, Shmuel C. (Editor), Hammond, Jeffrey S. (Editor), Cole, Leonard A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Nursing.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Emergency Services.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09412-0

A new field of medicine has emerged as a result of the global proliferation of terrorism. Terror medicine is related to emergency and disaster medicine but focuses on the constellation of medical issues uniquely related to terrorist attacks. The field encompasses four broad areas: Preparedness Incid...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Terror Medicine
• Terrorism in the 21st Century
• EMS and Pre-Hospital Issues
• Effects of Terrorism on the Healthcare Community
• Terror Medicine Education and Training
• Modeling and Simulation in Terror Medicine
• National Coordination and Integration
• Response Planning
• Technology Opportunities and Challenges
• Epidemiology of Terrorism Injuries
• Explosions and Blast Injury
• Biological Agents and Terror Medicine
• Chemical Agents and Terror Medicine
• Radiological Weapons and Terror Medicine
• Cyber Terrorism Preparation and Response
• Penetrating Injury in Terror Attacks
• Orthopedic Injury in Urban Terrorism
• Terror Inflicted Burn Injury
• Neurological Injury Related to Terror
• Crush Injury, Crush Syndrome
• Maxillofacial Injury Related to Terror
• Pediatrics and Terrorism
• Forensic Investigation of Suicide Bombings
• Psychological Effects of Terror Attacks
• Ethics and Terror Medicine.