Major Incident Medical Management and Support: The Practical Approach at the Scene 3rd Edition

Major Incident Medical Management and Support (MIMMS) is the coursebook for the Advanced Life Support Group’s internationally taught training for health care professionals responding to major incidents. The practical approach employed in MIMMS has proved an invaluable aid to both civilian and military doctors, nurses and paramedics working in disaster management worldwide.

The third edition has been fully revised to make MIMMS appropriate for the 21st century, with greater emphasis on human factors, a more structured approach to medical management, and new chapters on:

• Hazardous materials
• Incidents involving large numbers of children
• Management of a major incident with multiple burn casualties
• Mass gatherings
• Natural disasters
• There are also revised appendices covering responsibility for the dead, radio use, and voice procedures, and what to do beyond the immediate situation.

Covering all eventualities in medical management during major incidents, MIMMS provides a comprehensive and practical guide for all who are involved in this aspect of emergency medicine.

Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION.

• Chapter 1 The structured approach to major incidents.
• Chapter 2 Guidance and requirements.

PART II: ORGANISATION.

• Chapter 3 Health Services organisation and roles.
• Chapter 4 Emergency services organisation and roles.
• Chapter 5 Support services organisation and roles.

PART III: PREPARATION.

• Chapter 6 Personal equipment.
• Chapter 7 Medical equipment.
• Chapter 8 Communications.

PART IV: MEDICAL MANAGEMENT.

• Chapter 9 Scene management.
• Chapter 10 Health Services management.

PART V: MEDICAL SUPPORT.

• Chapter 11 Triage.
• Chapter 12 Treatment.
• Chapter 13 Transport.
• Chapter 14 Responsibility for the dead.

PART VI: PRACTICAL SKILLS.

• Chapter 15 Radio use and voice procedures.
• Chapter 16 Airway and breathing procedures.
• Chapter 17 Circulatory procedures.
• Chapter 18 Trauma procedures.

PART VII: APPENDICES.

• Appendix A Special incidents.
• Appendix B Psychological aspects of disasters.
• Appendix C The media.
• Appendix D The hospital response

About the Author

Advanced Life Support Group, Manchester UK.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 3 edition (December 15, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405187573
• ISBN-13: 978-1405187572

List Price: $83.95