Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine

Section I: Introduction: Players and paradigms. Baghdad Christmas / David R. Steinbruner ; New paradigms: the changed world since 9/11 / James M. Ryan ; The world seems to be crumbling around us / David R. Steinbruner ; The spectrum of conflict / Alan Hawley ; The players: humanitarians, militaries, industry and private security companies. A -- Humanitarian organizations and their coordination in humanitarian assistance / M. Kett and A. van Tulleken ; B -- Military medical assistance to civilian health sectors / Martin C.M. Bricknell ; C -- Private security companies and first-line care / T. Spicer and K. Morland ; D -- Oil and gas: industry in remote and volatile areas / Bob Mark ; Interfaces. A -- Medical ethics is never easy / David R. Steinbruner ; B -- Village medical outreach or MEDCAP: a policy perspective / Martin C.M. Bricknell, Robin Cordell and David C. Mcloughlin ; Conflict and the media / Daloni A. Carlisle ; Remote medicine Steven A. Bland ; A -- Medicine at the ends of the Earth: the Antarctic / Iain C. Grant ; B -- High altitude / Sundeep Dhillon -- Section II: Disasters, public health, and populations. Disasters: an overview / Tony Redmond ; A -- The London bombings 7th July 2005: forward medical response / Steven A. Bland ; Responding to acute humanitarian crises: health needs assessment and priorities for intervention / Aroop Mozumder ; The military approach to medical planning / Martin C.M. Bricknell ; Health risk management matrix: a medical planning tool / Martin C.M. Bricknell and Gareth Moore ; Surveillance and control of communicable disease in conflicts and disasters / Tim Healing ; Health planning in action: Rwanda crisis / Alan Hawley ; Health planning in action "Operation Phoenix": a British medical aid program to Sarajevo / Tony Redmond and John F. Navein ; Health care of prisoners and detainees / Maarten Hoejenbos and Adriaan Hopperus Buma.; Populations and people / David R. Steinbruner -- Section III: Introduction: Living and working. Getting there and being involved. A -- Hello folks / David R. Steinbruner ; B -- Getting involved / Steve Mannion ; C -- "R and R": Moving between worlds / David R. Steinbruner ; D -- Team building and maintenance / Kenneth I. Roberts ; Safety and security. A -- Staying safe and effective: in a humanitarian context (Or as safe as is reasonably possible when you know you should have stayed at home!!!) / Garry M. Vardon-Smith ; B -- Thinking ballistic: aspects of protection / Kenneth I. Roberts ; C -- Mines and weapons awareness / Kenneth I. Roberts ; D -- The oil camp / Bob Mark ; Voices from the field. A -- Just a word about toilets / David R. Steinbruner ; B -- Conflict medicine: a view from the ground / Luke J. Staveley-Wadham ; Applied communications in conflict and catastrophe medicine / John F. Navein and Simon J. O'Neill ; Mental health. A -- Practical psychological aspects of humanitarian aid / Ian P. Palmer ; B -- Psychosocial resilience and distress in the face of adversity, conflict, terrorism, or catastrophe / Richard Williams and David Alexander ; C -- Requiem: going home / David R. Steinbruner -- Section IV: Introduction: Hospitals and health systems. Conflict recovery-health systems in transition / James M. Ryan ; Eating an elephant: intervening in hospitals, Pristina / Tony Redmond ; Conflict surgery: a personal view / Andrew Bruce ; Military health services support in conflict / Martin C.M. Bricknell and Roderick J. Heatlie ; Military medical assistance to security sector reform / Martin C.M. Bricknell and D.F. Thompson ; Hospital blues / David R. Steinbruner -- Section V: Introduction: Clinical care. Trauma and surgery. A -- Introduction: Scene-setting / Walter Henny and Adriaan Hopperus Buma ; B -- Trauma and triage / Walter Henny and Adriaan Hopperus Buma ; C -- Soft tissues and skeleton / Ralph de Wit and James M. Ryan ; D -- Ballistics and blast / Ralph de Wit and David G. Burris ; E -- Abdominal complaints and acute surgical emergencies / Walter Henny and Adam Brooks ; F -- Maxillofacial, eye, and ENT / Jan Roodenburg and Peter Dyer ; G -- Head injury / Andrew Maas and Walter Henny ; H -- Anaesthesia and analgesia / Chris Bleeker ; Acute medical problems / David G. Burris, Manolis Gavalas, Claire Walford and Shautek Nazeer ; Women's health / Charles Cox and Hervinder Kaur ; Children's health / M. Gavalas, S. Nazeer, Claire Walford, and A. Christodoulides ; Conflict, terrorism, and disasters: the psychosocial consequences for children / Richard Williams and David Alexander -- Section VI: Introduction: Resources. Materials and information / James I.D.M. Matheson and Adriaan Hopperus Buma ; A -- Checklists, suppliers, and specialist advice ; B -- Publications ; C -- Internet ; Rehabilitating diagnostic laboratories / Timothy Healing ; Enablers and confounders: achieving the mission / Ken Millar ; Ministry overlaps within health sectors / Martin C.M. Bricknell and Donald F. Thompson ; Accreditation in field medicine / Ken Millar ; Humanitarian work in the era of modernising medical careers / James I.D.M. Matheson -- Code of behaviour.