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Facial injuries
Facial injuries The management of facial injuries follows the same general principles of debride...
Evacuation of casualties
Evacuation of casualties Decisions regarding the best destination for each patient need to be bas...
Evacuation planning
Evacuation planning Evacuation of large population centres as a prelude to, or in the wake of, a...
FACTORS INFLUENCING RELIEF EFFORTS AND PROVISION O
FACTORS INFLUENCING RELIEF EFFORTS AND PROVISION OF MEDICAL AID Good communication is critical fo...
Designated centres
Designated centres Initially , the casualties may be scattered among many hospitals. After the fir...
Establishment of a national disaster management or
Establishment of a national disaster management organisation This is the first step in the plannin...
Establishment of a national disaster management organisation
Establishment of a national disaster management organisation This is the first step in the plannin...
Damage assessment
Damage assessment The first objective in disaster management is an assessment of the damage and t...
Dealing with the media
Dealing with the media Disasters act like a magnet for the media. In today’s world of 24-hour new...
Debridement
Debridement Taken from the French, meaning to ‘unleash or cut open’, debridement plays a crucial ...
Crush injury and syndrome
Crush injury and syndrome A crush injury occurs when a body part is subjected to a high degree of...
DEFINITIVE MANAGEMENT
DEFINITIVE MANAGEMENT The hospitals designated to undertake de�nitive management should be sele...
DISASTER PLANS
DISASTER PLANS Disasters are unforeseen events and planning for them may seem paradoxical. It has...
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0 I II III First aid Care for patients with minor injuries involves cleaning and dressing wounds,...
COMMON FEATURES OF MAJOR DISASTERS
COMMON FEATURES OF MAJOR DISASTERS Any event that results in the loss of human life is disastrou...
Coordination with relief agencies
Coordination with relief agencies A laudable aspect of globalisation is the outpouring of help ...
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0 0 I I II II III III Figure 33.7 Triage tags ( (a) courtesy of TACDA & METTAG products, The Amer...
Tibial plateau fractures
Tibial plateau fractures Intra-articular fractures of the tibial plateau are common. Injuries ma...
Tibial shaft fractures
Tibial shaft fractures Tibial fractures in children are often very amenable to non-operative tr...
Terminology of bone healing after fracture
Terminology of bone healing after fracture Union The fracture has healed su ffi ciently from a clin...