TY - BOOK AU - Sellwood,Chloe AU - Wapling,Andy TI - Health emergency preparedness and response SN - 9781780644554 (alk. paper) AV - RA645.5 U1 - 363.34/8 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, Boston, MA PB - CABI KW - Disaster Planning KW - organization & administration KW - Emergencies KW - Emergency Medical Services KW - Health Policy KW - Public Health KW - Risk Management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : why do we need to prepare? / Dr. Chloe Sellwood and Andy Wapling -- The planning process / Dr. Chloe Sellwood and Andy Wapling -- Risk assessment / Jacky Bush -- Writing an emergency plan / Andy Wapling -- Emergency planning and response : working in partnership / Simon Lewis -- Interprofessional working : understanding some emotional barriers and unconscious processes that might influence practice in group and team work / Philippa Sully -- Command, control and communication / Peter Thorpe and Anthony Rowe -- Communications during a health emergency / Jennifer Cole -- Psychosocial and mental health care before, during and after emergencies, disasters and major incidents / Richard Williams and Verity Kemp -- Business continuity / James Hebdon -- Training and exercising for emergency preparedness, resilience and response / Rob Ellett and Andy Wapling -- Post incident follow up / Dr. Karen Reddin and Gordon Macdonald -- Mass casualty incidents / Mike Shanahan -- Preparedness and response to pandemics and other infectious disease emergencies / Jonathan S. Nguyen-Van-Tam and Pasi MP Penttinen -- CBRN incidents / Professor Robert P. Chilcott and Dr. Stacey M Wyke -- A military case study / David Ross and Andrew Charnick -- From pandemics to earthquakes : health and emergencies in Canterbury, New Zealand / Dr. Alistair Humphrey N2 - This book aims to provide a series of informative descriptions of key elements of health emergency preparedness and response that are underpinned by real-life examples. The book is divided into 17 chapters, as follows: introduction on the need to prepare for health emergencies; the planning process; risk assessment; writing an emergency plan; emergency planning and response, and working in partnership; interprofessional working and understanding some emotional barriers and unconscious processes that might influence practice in group and team work; command, control and communication; communications during a health emergency; psychosocial and mental health care before, during and after emergencies, disasters and major incidents; business continuity; training and exercising for emergency preparedness, resilience and response; post-incident follow-up; mass casualty incidents; preparedness and response to pandemics and other infectious disease emergencies; chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear incidents; a military case study; and, health and emergencies in Canterbury, New Zealand, from pandemics to earthquakes UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V6eJYS40tVfcILrOpH1XwhWN5tFXxbA8/view?usp=sharing ER -