Ciottone's Disaster Medicine
by Gregory R. Ciottone
3rd Edition
Publisher: Elsevier
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780323809320 |
| eText ISBN | 9780323809344 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publishing Year | 2023 |
| Edition | 3rd Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 1080 |
Ciottone's Disaster Medicine, 3rd Edition, authored by Gregory R. Ciottone, delivers a comprehensive reference for healthcare personnel and disaster responders responsible for disaster mitigation, preparedness, and response. Published by Elsevier, this 1,080-page reference volume establishes clear procedural guidelines to support emergency medical personnel, healthcare system leaders, and field responders navigating complex mass casualty incidents.
More than 200 international experts in disaster response and preparedness contribute their specialized operational insights to the volume. It expands core clinical coverage through newly added chapters on Pandemic Preparedness and Response, Counter-Terrorism Medicine, and Disasters in Space Travel, addressing both conventional emergency scenarios and emerging non-conventional hazards.
For real-time clinical utility, the 3rd Edition embeds new decision trees across chapters to aid operational teams during high-stress decision-making. Recognized as a selection for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Emergency Medicine, this edition functions as a primary reference resource for emergency medicine training and institutional disaster planning.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Disaster Medicine
Chapter 2: Public Health and Disasters
Chapter 3: Role of Emergency Medical Services in Disaster Management and Preparedness
Chapter 4: Role of Emergency Medicine in Disaster Management
Chapter 5: Role of Hospitals in Disaster
Chapter 6: Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Chapter 7: Health In Complex Emergencies
Chapter 8: Disaster Medicine in a Changing Climate
Chapter 9: Children and Disaster
Chapter 10: Psychological Impact of Disaster on Displaced Populations and Refugees of Multiple Traumas
Chapter 11: Ethical Issues in Disaster Medicine
Chapter 12: Issues of Liability in Emergency Response
Chapter 13: Disaster Response in the United States
Chapter 14: Disaster Response in Europe
Chapter 15: Disaster Response in Asia
Chapter 16: Building Local Capacity and Disaster Resiliency
Chapter 17: Local Disaster Response in the United States
Chapter 18: State Disaster Response: Systems and Programs
Chapter 19: Selected U.S. Federal Disaster Response Agencies and Capabilities
Chapter 20: Global Disaster Response and Emergency Medical Teams
Chapter 21: Civil-Military Coordination in Disaster Response
Chapter 22: Evaluation of emerging data to inform disaster response
Chapter 23: Disaster/Emergency Management Programs
Chapter 24: Emergency Department Design
Chapter 25: Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
Chapter 26: Public Information Management
Chapter 27: Informatics and Information Technology in Disaster Medicine
Chapter 28: Medical Simulation in Disaster Preparedness
Chapter 29: Disaster Mitigation
Chapter 30: Disaster Risk Management
Chapter 31: Vaccines
Chapter 32: Occupational and Environmental Medicine: An Asset in Time of Crisis
Chapter 33: Worker Health and Safety in Disaster Response
Chapter 34: Disaster Preparedness
Chapter 35: Policy Issues in Disaster Preparedness and Response
Chapter 36: Mutual Aid
Chapter 37: Disaster Nursing
Chapter 38: Patient Surge
Chapter 39: Accidental Versus Intentional Event
Chapter 40: CRISIS META-LEADERSHIP AND THE PRACTICE OF DISASTER MEDICINE
Chapter 41: The Incident Command System
Chapter 42: Scene Safety and Situational Awareness in Disaster Response
Chapter 43: Pre- and Post-Disaster Needs Assessment
Chapter 44: Operations and Logistics
Chapter 45: Disaster Communications
Chapter 46: Mobile Disaster Applications
Chapter 47: The Role of Social Media in Disasters
Chapter 48: Volunteers and Donations
Chapter 49: Personal Protective Equipment
Chapter 50: Role of Bystanders in Disasters
Chapter 51: Disaster Surveillance Systems
Chapter 52: Use of Geographic Information Systems in Crises
Chapter 53: Management of Mass Fatalities
Chapter 54: Disaster Management of Animals
Chapter 55: Urban Search and Rescue
Chapter 56: Triage
Chapter 57: Patient Tracking Systems in Disasters
Chapter 58: Mass Gatherings
Chapter 59: Infectious Disease in a Disaster Zone
Chapter 60: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment in Disasters
Chapter 61: Displaced Populations
Chapter 62: Palliative Care in Disasters
Chapter 63: Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
Chapter 64: Disaster Education and Research
Chapter 65: Practical Applications of Disaster Epidemiology
Chapter 66: Measures of Effectiveness in Disaster Management
Chapter 67: Counter-Terrorism Medicine
Chapter 68: The Psychology of Terrorism
Chapter 69: Thinking Outside the Box: Health Service Support Considerations in the Era of Asymmetrical Threats
Chapter 70: Integrated Response to Terrorist Attacks
Chapter 71: Coordinated Attack
Chapter 72: Active Shooter Response
Chapter 73: Hostage Taking
Chapter 74: Civil Unrest and Rioting
Chapter 75: Introduction to Explosions and Blasts
Chapter 76: Suicide Bomber
Chapter 77: Improvised Explosive Devices : IED and VBIED
Chapter 78: Conventional Explosions at Mass Gatherings
Chapter 79: Nuclear and Radiation Disaster Management
Chapter 80: Dirty Bomb (Radiological Dispersal Device)
Chapter 81: General Approach to Chemical Attack
Chapter 82: Biological Attack
Chapter 83: Future Biological and Chemical Weapons
Chapter 84: Directed-Energy Weapons
Chapter 85: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Quarantine
Chapter 86: Decontamination: Chemical and Radiation
Chapter 87: Military Lessons Learned for Disaster Response
Chapter 88: Integration of Law Enforcement and Military Resources with the Emergency Response to a Terrorist Incident
Chapter 89: Tactical Emergency Medical Support
Chapter 90: Operational Rescue
Chapter 91: Operations Security, Site Security, and Incident Response
Chapter 92: Medical Intelligence
Chapter 93: Dignitary Protective Medicine
Chapter 94: Introduction to Natural Disasters
Chapter 95: Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons
Chapter 96: Earthquake
Chapter 97: Tornado
Chapter 98: Flood
Chapter 99: Tsunami
Chapter 100: Heat Wave
Chapter 101: Winter Storm
Chapter 102: Volcanic Eruption
Chapter 103: Famine
Chapter 104: Landslides
Chapter 105: Avalanche
Chapter 106: Introduction to Nuclear and Radiological Disasters
Chapter 107: Nuclear Detonation
Chapter 108: Radiation Accident—Isolated and Dispersed Exposure
Chapter 109: Nuclear Power Plant Meltdown
Chapter 110: Introduction to Chemical Disasters
Chapter 111: Industrial-Chemical Disasters
Chapter 112: Nerve-Agent Mass Casualty Incidents
Chapter 113: Vesicant Agent Attack
Chapter 114: Respiratory-Agent Mass Casualty Incident (Toxic Inhalational Injury)
Chapter 115: Asphyxiant (Cyanide) Attack
Chapter 116: Antimuscarinic Agent Attack
Chapter 117: Mass Casualty Incidents from Hallucinogenic Agents: LSD, Other Indoles, and Phenylethylamine Derivatives
Chapter 118: Opioid Agent Attack
Chapter 119: Caustic Agent Mass Casualty Incident, with Special Emphasis on Hydrogen Fluoride (HF)
Chapter 120: Mass Casualties from Crowd-Control Agents
Chapter 121: Cholinergic Agent Attack (Nicotine, Epibatidine, and Anatoxin-A)
Chapter 122: Anesthetic-Agent Mass Casualty Incident
Chapter 123: Introduction to Biologic Agents
Chapter 124: Bacillus Anthracis (Anthrax) Attack
Chapter 125: Yersinia Pestis (Plague) Bioterrorism Attack
Chapter 126: Francisella Tularensis (Tularemia) Attack
Chapter 127: Brucella Species (Brucellosis) Attack
Chapter 128: Coxiella burnetii (Q Fever) Attack
Chapter 129: Rickettsia prowazekii Attack (Typhus Fever)
Chapter 130: Orientia Tsutsugamushi (Scrub Typhus) Attack
Chapter 131: Rickettsia rickettsii (Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever) Attack
Chapter 132: Vibrio cholerae (Cholera) Attack
Chapter 133: Shigella dysenteriae (Shigellosis) Attack
Chapter 134: Salmonella (Salmonellosis and Typhoid Fever) Attack
Chapter 135: Burkholderia (Glanders and Melioidosis) Attack
Chapter 136: Chlamydophila psittaci (Psittacosis) Attack
Chapter 137: Escherichia coli O157:H7 Attack (Enterohemorrhagic E. Coli )
Chapter 138: Viral Encephalitis caused by Alphaviruses
Chapter 139: Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Attack
Chapter 140: Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Attack
Chapter 141: Variola Major Virus (Smallpox) Attack
Chapter 142: Influenza Virus Attack
Chapter 143: Monkeypox Attack
Chapter 144: Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Attack
Chapter 145: Henipavirus Attack: Hendra and Nipah Viruses
Chapter 146: SARS-CoV (COVID-19 and SARS)
Chapter 147: Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Attack
Chapter 148: Clostridium botulinum Toxin (Botulism) Attack
Chapter 149: Clostridium perfringens Toxin (Epsilon Toxin) Attack
Chapter 150: Marine Toxin Attack
Chapter 151: T-2 Toxin (Trichothecene Mycotoxins) Attack
Chapter 152: Ricin Toxin from Ricinus communis (Castor Bean) Attack
Chapter 153: Aflatoxin (Aspergillus Species) Attack
Chapter 154: Coccidioides immitis (Coccidioidomycosis) Attack
Chapter 155: Histoplasma capsulatum (Histoplasmosis) Attack
Chapter 156: Cryptosporidium parvum (Cryptosporidiosis) Attack
Chapter 157: Explosions: Fireworks
Chapter 158: Rocketpropelled Grenade Attack
Chapter 159: Conventional Explosion at a Hospital
Chapter 160: Conventional Explosion in a High-Rise Building
Chapter 161: Conventional Explosion at a Nuclear Power Plant
Chapter 162: Tunnel Explosion
Chapter 163: Liquified Natural Gas Explosion
Chapter 164: Liquified Natural Gas Tanker Truck Explosion
Chapter 165: Petroleum Distillation and Processing Facility Explosion
Chapter 166: Introduction to Fires and Burns
Chapter 167: Structure Fires
Chapter 168: Wildland Fires and the Wildland Urban Interface
Chapter 169: Tunnel Fire
Chapter 170: Gunshot Attack: Mass Casualties
Chapter 171: Sniper Attack
Chapter 172: Introduction To Structural Collapse (Crush Injury and Crush Syndrome)
Chapter 173: Train Derailment
Chapter 174: Subway Derailment
Chapter 175: Bus Accident
Chapter 176: Aircraft Crash Preparedness and Response
Chapter 177: Air Show Disaster
Chapter 178: Asteroid Impacts, Orbital Debris and Spacecraft Re-entry Disasters
Chapter 179: Building Collapse
Chapter 180: Bridge Collapse
Chapter 181: Human Stampede
Chapter 182: Mining Accident
Chapter 183: Submarine or Surface Vessel Accident
Chapter 184: Aircraft Hijacking
Chapter 185: Aircraft Crash into a High-Rise Building
Chapter 186: Maritime Disasters
Chapter 187: Cruise Ship Infectious Disease Outbreak
Chapter 188: Massive Power System Failures
Chapter 189: Hospital Power Outages
Chapter 190: Intentional Contamination of Water Supplies
Chapter 191: Food-Supply Contamination
Chapter 192: Ecological Terrorism
Chapter 193: Computer and Electronic Terrorism and Emergency Medical Services
Chapter 194: Disasters in Space Travel: From Earth to Orbit, and Beyond
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