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Informationen zum Autor Joseph McIsaac is Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Connecticut, USA. Having spent almost 18 years as a military medical officer, he continues in part-time government service with the US National Disaster Medical System. He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Trauma and Emergency Preparedness, and is a founding Board Member of the Trauma Anesthesiology Society. Kelly McQueen is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wisconsin, USA. She is the Founder and Inaugural President of the Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia Presence, a collective member society of the International Surgical Society, and Founder and President of The Global Surgical Consortium. She serves on the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesia Publications Committee, and previously served as the President of the Arizona Society of Anesthesiologists, and the Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Global Humanitarian Outreach. Corry 'Jeb' Kucik is a Captain in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps, currently serving as Chief Medical Officer, Naval Health Clinic Oak Harbor, Washington, USA. An Associate Professor and member of the Navy's Global Health Engagement Specialist community, Dr. Kucik has served as an instructor at the Navy Trauma Training Center; as Co-Director of the Navy Surgeon General Assessment Cell; as Senior Intensivist and Medical Intelligence Representative at the NATO Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit, Kandahar, Afghanistan; as Intensive Care Unit Director, Chair of the Medical Executive Committee, and Chief Medical Officer at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton (NHCP), California; and as a Flight Surgeon and Diving Medical Officer with various military and other federal entities. He is board certified in Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Undersea/Hyperbaric Medicine. Klappentext A practical review of the essentials of anesthesia for physicians in austere environments and providing healthcare to disaster survivors. Zusammenfassung A concise review of the essentials of anesthesia and critical care for anesthetists, nurses and emergency physicians preparing to treat survivors of major disasters. Experienced responders provide practical advice on topics including trauma surgery; mass casualties; chemical, biological and radiological exposure; and emergency communications. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Disaster anesthesia Knut Ole Sundnes; 2. Preparing to deploy to a remote disaster Joseph McIsaac; 3. Principles of emergency and trauma surgery Christos Giannou, Monemvasia Kastro, and Bruce Paix; 4. Total intravenous anesthesia in disaster anesthesia Phillip Blum and Martin Graves; 5. Inhaled anesthetics and Draw-Over devices in disaster response Carlton Brown; 6. Airway management Michael J Murray; 7. Vascular access, hydration, and fluids Michael J Murray; 8. Critical care delivery for disasters in austere environments Liza Weavind; 9. Children in disasters Simon Hendel; 10. Special populations: children Proshad Efune and Mohammed Iqbal Ahmed; 11. Laboratory tests and blood banking Dan Holmes and Felicity Stone; 12. High-altitude physiology and anesthesia Carlton Brown; 13. Disaster: mental health effects, responses, and what clinicians can do Shaukat A Khan and Kirsten M Wilkins; 14. Considerations when working with children and families Steve J Brassington; 15. Chemical and radiologic exposures in trauma and disasters Joseph McIsaac and Corry Kucik; 16. Pain in disasters Jackson and Pena; 17. Radiology in the austere or disaster environment David Besachio and Daniel Sutton; 18. Communications Marina Zuetell; 19. Security in disaster anesthesia Martin Graves and Corry Kucik; 20. International humanitarian law Christopher M. Burkle; 21. Operation Tomodachi: anesthetic implications Carness and Lenart; 22. Austere obstetric anesthesia Johanna...
