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Emergency and Disaster Medicine

Proceedings of the Third World Congress Rome, May 24–27, 1983

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Corrado Manni

    1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

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  2. Sergio I. Magalini

    1. Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

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Table of contents (84 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  3. Types and Events of Disasters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. Introduction

      • C. Manni
      Pages 47-48

    3. The World Health Organization in Burn Disasters

      • S. W. A. Gunn
      Pages 49-52

    4. The Genesis of Earthquakes: What is Necessary for Our Protection?

      • M. Cara
      Pages 53-56

    5. An Overview of Aircraft Disasters

      • P. J. E. Baskett
      Pages 57-60

    6. Radiation Accidents and Their Emergency Management

      • N. Wald
      Pages 61-70

  4. Types of Intervention in Natural and Man-Made Disasters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Coping with Accidents and Emergencies Involving the Release of Potentially Toxic Chemicals

      • F. Pocchiari, V. Silano
      Pages 73-77
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About this book

C. Manni The focusing of general interest and of many disciplines on disaster medicine is an interesting and recent phenomenon in our society. Disasters have by now left the his­ torical and philosophical sphere and finally entered the operational arena. Modern man, in other words, no longer accepts disasters in a passive and fatalistic manner, but claims to be able to control them like so many other forces of nature. The new approach is aimed at preventing, containing, and remedying the invariably tragic consequences of these events. The role of medicine in this context is of fundamental importance and is charac­ terized by two main aspects: application of techniques of intervention appropriately and effectively, and collaboration with the general organization, assuming responsi­ bility for the protection of health and the treatment of injuries. Following a period of more or less chaotic growth, during which sectionalism and empirical interests prevailed, and localized aspects of this new discipline underwent considerable development, a need is now felt to propose and realize a more com­ prehensive scientific approach. It has become necessary to identify and to rationally analyze the individual components of this branch of medicine. As in any analysis, the recognition of the "object" of the research is of fundamental importance: hence the title of this first round table: "Types and Events of Disaster.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

    Corrado Manni, Sergio I. Magalini

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Emergency and Disaster Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Third World Congress Rome, May 24–27, 1983

  • Editors: Corrado Manni, Sergio I. Magalini

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69262-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-69264-2Published: 21 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-69262-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 511

  • Topics: Emergency Medicine, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology

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