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• Title:Health emergency preparedness and response / edited by Chloe Sellwood and Andy Wapling.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Sellwood, Chloe, editor.
  Wapling, Andy, editor.
  
• Published/Created:Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2016]
  ©2016
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WA295 .H39 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WA295 .H39 2016
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Emergency medical services.
  Emergency medicine.
  Emergency management.
  
• Medical Subjects: Disaster Planning--organization & administration.
  Emergencies.
  Risk Management.
  Emergency Medical Services.
  Public Health.
  Health Policy.
  
• Description:xi, 217 pages ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:Intensely practical and down to earth, this timely new text covers the breadth of health emergency preparedness, resilience and response topics in the context of inter-disciplinary and whole society responses to a range of threats. It includes public, private and third sector roles in preparation for and in response to natural and man-made events, such as: major incident planning; infectious disease epidemics and pandemics; natural disasters; terrorist threats; and business and service continuity management.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781780644554 paperback alkaline paper
  1780644558 paperback alkaline paper
  9781786390431 electronic book
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Why Do We Need to Prepare? / A. Wapling
  2. Planning Process / A. Wapling
  3. Risk Assessment / J. Bush
  4. Writing an Emergency Plan / A. Wapling
  5. Emergency Planning and Response: Working in Partnership / S. Lewis
  6. Interprofessional Working: Understanding Some Emotional Barriers and Unconscious Processes That Might Influence Practice in Group and Team Work / P. Sully
  7. Command, Control and Communication / P. Thorpe
  8. Communications During a Health Emergency / J. Cole
  9. Psychosocial and Mental Health Care Before, During and After Emergencies, Disasters and Major Incidents / V. Kemp
  10. Business Continuity / J. Hebdon
  11. Training and Exercising for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response / A. Wapling
  12. Post-incident Follow-up / G. Macdonald
  13. Mass Casualty Incidents / M. Shanahan
  14. Preparedness and Response to Pandemics and Other Infectious Disease Emergencies / P.M.P. Penttinen
  15. CBRN Incidents / S.M. Wyke
  16. Military Case Study / A. Charnick
  17. From Pandemics to Earthquakes: Health and Emergencies in Canterbury, New Zealand / A. Humphrey.