The Management of Burns and Fire Disasters: Perspectives 2000

1. Front Matter

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2. The burn and fire problem

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Management of Fire Disasters: Doctors in or Patients Out?

      • John A. D. Settle

      Pages 3-5

   3. History and evolution of surgical treatment of burns

      • S. Teich Alasia

      Pages 6-9

   4. The maturity of society and disaster preparedness/prevention

      • Muneo Ohta

      Pages 10-11

   5. Forest Fires and Related Accidents in the Social Context

      • Vittorio Leone

      Pages 12-21

   6. Ethical problems in mass disasters

      • R. Königova

      Pages 22-25

   7. Terminology of Burns and Fire Disasters

      • S. W. A. Gunn

      Pages 26-32

   8. Basic Principles and Paths for Perfecting the Care of Severely Burned Patients

      • V. D. Fyodorov, A. A. Alexeev

      Pages 33-35

   9. Risk Assessment of Fire and Explosion Disasters: a Systematic Approach

      • Herbert Tiedemann

      Pages 36-50

3. Fire Disasters in Society

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Fire disaster Management

      • G. Arturson

      Pages 53-56

   3. University Hospital Fire Disaster — Lessons to Learn

      • W. F. Dick

      Pages 57-65

   4. Organization of Emergency Rescue

      • A. Flaujat, P. Maille

      Pages 66-72

   5. The Main Tasks in Offering Medical Aid to a Burned Patient in the Pre-hospital Stage

      • I. E. Korol

      Pages 73-74

   6. The Role of a Tissue Bank in Disaster Planning

      • Pavel Měřička, Leo Klein, Jindřich Preis, Eva EttlerovÁ

      Pages 75-83

   7. Civilian and Military Burn Injuries: a Comparative Study

      • A. W. Reda Mabrouk

      Pages 84-86

   8. The Army Medical Corps and Its Response in Fire Disasters: Ultralight Field Units

      • Vito Contreas

      Pages 87-89

   9. Medical strategy and Tactics for Fire Disasters in Russia

      • V. V. Azolov, V. A. Zhegalov, G. I. Dmitriev, V. A. Saschenkov

      Pages 90-91

   10. Toxicological Management of Fires

       • C. Manni, S. I. Magalini, A. Barelli

       Pages 92-95

This volume is published with a triple aim: to take a look back over the advances during the ten years of the Mediterranean Burns Club and mark its anniversary; to follow up and strengthen the successful twin­ ning of burns as a clinical, individual illness problem and fires as a societal, disaster management problem; and to look ahead at the per­ spectives of burn care and fire prevention in the fast-approaching new century. The occasion also marks the tenth annual presentation of the prestigious G. Whitaker International Burns Prize, to which the Mediterranean Burns Club acts as the scientific fulcrum. The award is now established as the most distinguished recognition in burns science worldwide, and it is gratifying that the contributions of many of the renowned recipients will be found in this book. This is a sequel to The Management of Mass Burn Casualties and Fire Disasters, which contained the Proceedings of the First International Conference on Burns and Fire Disasters. The book and the conference have fully justified the authors' initial concept that burn specialists, con­ stantly combatting burn disease and promoting rehabilitation of the victims, especially in mass casualty situations, had for too long remained separate from that other essential sector, the fire-fighting authorities and fire prevention systems, whose aim is also the protection of the individual and the promotion of safety. This long overdue synergism has now become reality, and the present volume strengthens this desirable trend.

• complications
• intensive care
• rehabilitation
• surgery
• trauma

• Division of Plastic Surgery and Burn Centre, Mediterranean Burns Club, Palermo, Italy

  M. Masellis

• Emergency Relief Operations, World Health Organization, Mediterranean Burns Club, Italy

  S. W. A. Gunn

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