Coping with natural disasters : the role of local health personnel and the community = El Personal local de salud y la comunidad frente a los desastres naturales / League of Red Cross Societies
Tác giả : League of Red Cross Societies
Nhà xuất bản : World Health Organization
Năm xuất bản : 1989
ISBN : 5225019099 (Russian); 9241542381
Chủ đề : 1. Community Health Workers. 2. Community Participation. 3. Emergency Medical Services -- organization and administration. 4. Natural Disasters.
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Tóm tắt : | EMERGENCY97 p. Provides a well-structured collection of facts, advice, and recommended actions that can enable community leaders and health personnel to take control when disaster strikes. While noting that reliance on outside assistance is an inevitable part of disaster management, the book emphasizes the many things communities can do to save lives while awaiting help and guard against the tragedy of inappropriate aid. Information is specific to emergencies caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, hurricanes, gales, tidal waves, and droughts. The first half of the book sets out detailed plans of action for coping with a progression of likely events, moving from immediate rescue operations and treatment of the injured, through the sheltering of survivors and burial of the dead, to the coordination of relief operations and the planning of long-term recovery. Using checklists, action plans, and abundant illustrations, chapters help readers to anticipate problems, visualize procedures, and be prepared to move into action. Details range from advice on how to locate survivors to a list of dangers to avoid during food distribution. The second half of the book concentrates on a selection of special problems requiring detailed explanation or instructions. Readers are given information on the diseases that should be monitored in temporary shelters, measures for assessing nutritional status and determining the need for supplementary feeding, and instructions for preparing record cards, self-evaluation reports, and maps of risks and resources. Readers are also given information on what to do during an earthquake, how to interpret damage to different types of buildings in terms of the risk of continued residence, and what types of medical equipment will be needed |
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