Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction to Disaster Medicine -- Public Health and Disasters -- Role of Emergency Medical Services in Disaster Management and Preparedness -- Role of Emergency Medicine in Disaster Management -- Role of Hospitals in a Disaster -- Pandemic Preparedness and Response -- 7 Health in Complex Emergencies -- Disaster Medicine in a Changing Climate -- Children and Disaster -- Psychological Effects of Disaster on Displaced Populations and Refugees of Multiple Traumas -- Ethical Issues in Disaster Medicine -- Issues of Liability in Emergency Response -- Disaster Response in the United States -- Disaster Response in Europe -- Disaster Response in Asia -- Building Local Capacity and Disaster Resiliency -- Local Disaster Response in the United States -- State Disaster Response: Systems and Programs -- Selected U.S. Federal Disaster Response Agencies and Capabilities -- Global Disaster Response and Emergency Medical Teams -- Civil-Military Coordination in Disaster Response -- Evaluation of Emerging Data to Inform Disaster Response -- Disaster and Emergency Management Programs -- Emergency Department Design -- Hazard Vulnerability Analysis -- Public Information Management -- Informatics and Information Technology in Disaster Medicine -- Medical Simulation in Disaster Preparedness -- Disaster Mitigation -- Disaster Risk Management -- Vaccines -- Occupational and Environmental Medicine: An Asset in Time of Crisis -- Worker Health and Safety in Disaster Response -- Disaster Preparedness -- Policy Issues in Disaster Preparedness and Response -- Mutual Aid -- Disaster Nursing -- Patient Surge -- Accidental Versus Intentional Event -- Crisis Meta-Leadership and the Practice of Disaster Medicine -- The Incident Command System -- Scene Safety and Situational Awareness in Disaster Response -- Predisaster and Postdisaster Needs Assessment -- Operations and Logistics -- Disaster Communications -- Mobile Disaster Applications -- The Role of Social Media in Disasters -- Volunteers and Donations

Personal Protective Equipment -- Role of Bystanders in Disasters -- Disaster Surveillance Systems -- Use of Geographical Information Systems in Crises -- Management of Mass Fatalities -- Disaster Management of Animals -- Urban Search and Rescue -- Triage -- Patient Tracking Systems in Disasters -- Mass Gatherings -- Infectious Disease in a Disaster Zone -- Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment in Disasters -- Displaced Populations -- Palliative Care in Disasters -- Rehabilitation and Reconstruction -- Disaster Education and Research -- Practical Applications of Disaster Epidemiology -- Measures of Effectiveness in Disaster Management -- Counter-Terrorism Medicine -- The Psychology of Terrorism -- Thinking Outside the Box: Health Service Support Considerations in the Era of Asymmetrical Threats -- Integrated Response to Terrorist Attacks -- Coordinated Attack -- Active-Shooter Response -- Hostage Taking -- Civil Unrest and Rioting -- Introduction to Explosions and Blasts -- Suicide Bomber -- Improvised Explosive Devices -- Conventional Explosions at Mass Gatherings -- Nuclear and Radiation Disaster Management -- Dirty Bomb (Radiological Dispersal Device) -- General Approach to Chemical Attack -- Biological Attack -- Future Biological and Chemical Weapons -- Directed-Energy Weapons -- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Quarantine -- Decontamination: Chemical and Radiation -- Military Lessons Learned for Disaster Response -- Integration of Law Enforcement and Military Resources With the Emergency Response to a Terrorist Incident -- Tactical Emergency Medical Support -- Operational Rescue -- Operations Security, Site Security, and Incident Response -- Medical Intelligence -- Dignitary Protective Medicine -- Introduction to Natural Disasters -- Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons -- Earthquakes -- Tornadoes -- Floods -- Tsunamis -- Heat Wave -- Winter Storm -- Volcanic Eruption -- Famine -- Landslides -- Avalanche -- Introduction to Nuclear and Radiological Disasters -- Nuclear Detonation -- Radiation Accident—Isolated and Dispersed Exposure -- Nuclear Power Plant Meltdown -- Introduction to Chemical Disasters -- Industrial-Chemical Disasters -- Nerve-Agent Mass Casualty Incidents -- Vesicant Agent Attack -- Respiratory-Agent Mass Casualty Incident (Toxic Inhalational Injury) -- Asphyxiant (Cyanide) Attack -- Antimuscarinic Agent Attack -- Mass Casualty Incidentsfrom HallucinogenicAgents: LSD, Other Indoles,and Phenylethylamine Derivatives -- Opioid Agent Attack -- Caustic Agent Mass Casualty Incident, With Special Emphasis on Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) -- Mass Casualties From Crowd-Control Agents -- Cholinergic Agent Attack (Nicotine, Epibatidine, and Anatoxin-a) -- Anesthetic-Agent Mass Casualty Incident -- Introduction to Biological Agents -- Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax) Attack -- Yersinia pestis (Plague) Bioterrorism Attack -- Francisella tularensis (Tularemia) Attack --

Brucella Species (Brucellosis) Attack -- Coxiella burnetii (Q Fever) Attack -- Rickettsia prowazekii Attack (Typhus Fever) -- Orientia tsutsugamushi (Scrub Typhus) Attack -- Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever) Attack -- Vibrio cholerae (Cholera) Attack -- Shigella dysenteriae (Shigellosis) Attack -- Salmonella (Salmonellosis and Typhoid Fever) Attack -- Burkholderia (Glanders and Melioidosis) Attack -- Chlamydophila psittaci (Psittacosis) Attack -- Escherichia coli O157:H7 (Enterohemorrhagic E. coli) -- Viral Encephalitis Caused by Alphaviruses -- Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Attack -- Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Attack -- Variola Major Virus (Smallpox) Attack -- Influenza Virus Attack -- Monkeypox Attack -- Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Attack -- Henipavirus Attack: Hendra and Nipah Viruses -- SARS-CoV (COVID-19 and SARS) -- Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Attack -- Clostridium botulinum Toxin (Botulism) Attack -- Clostridium perfringens Toxin (Epsilon Toxin) Attack -- Marine Toxin Attack -- T-2 Toxin (Trichothecene Mycotoxins) Attack -- Ricin Toxin from Ricinus communis (Castor Bean) Attack -- Aflatoxin (Aspergillus Species) Attack -- Coccidioides immitis (Coccidioidomycosis) Attack -- Histoplasma capsulatum (Histoplasmosis) Attack -- Cryptosporidium parvum (Cryptosporidiosis) Attack -- Explosions: Fireworks -- Rocket-Propelled Grenade Attack -- Conventional Explosion at a Hospital -- Conventional Explosion in a High-Rise Building -- Conventional Explosion at a Nuclear Power Plant -- Tunnel Explosion -- Liquefied Natural Gas Explosion -- Liquefied Natural Gas Tanker Truck Explosion -- Petroleum Distillation and Processing Facility Explosion -- Introduction to Fires and Burns -- Structure Fires -- Wildland Fires and the Wildland-Urban Interface -- Tunnel Fire -- Gunshot Attack: Mass Casualties -- Sniper Attack -- Introduction to Structural Collapse (Crush Injury and Crush Syndrome) -- Train Derailment -- Subway Derailment -- Bus Accidents -- Aircraft Crash Preparedness and Response -- Air Show Disaster -- Asteroid Impacts, Orbital Debris, and Spacecraft Reentry Disasters -- Building Collapse -- Bridge Collapse -- Human Stampede -- Mining Accident -- Submarine or Surface Vessel Accident -- Aircraft Hijacking -- Aircraft Crash Into a High-Rise Building -- Maritime Disasters -- Cruise Ship Infectious Disease Outbreak -- Massive Power System Failures -- Hospital Power Outages -- Intentional Contamination of Water Supplies -- Food Supply Contamination -- Ecological Terrorism -- Computer and Electronic Terrorism and Emergency Medical Services -- Disasters in Space Travel: From Earth to Orbit, and Beyond