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Disaster Medicine Pocket Guide: 50 Essential Questions

Work of the French Society of Disaster Medicine

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Editors:
  1. Henri F Julien

    1. SFMC, Paris, France

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  • Presents the unique experience of doctors and rescuers on crises scenes
  • Written by experts with highly recognized professional, civilian or military, experience
  • Provides a direct and practical pedagogical approach with illustrated colour diagrams

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Table of contents (51 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction to Disaster Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Disaster, Uncommon Health Crises, and Disaster Medicine

      • Henri F. Julien
      Pages 3-6

    3. Ethics, Deontology in Disasters

      • Henri F. Julien
      Pages 7-10

    4. Medico-Legal Issues

      • Benoît Vivien
      Pages 11-14

    5. Doctors and Media in Disasters

      • Henri F. Julien
      Pages 15-18

  3. Organising Healthcare and Emergency Actions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. ORSEC-NOVI Plan

      • Francis Huot-Marchand
      Pages 21-24

    3. Hospital Disaster Management Plan: Uncommon Health Crises (UHC)

      • Jean-Pierre Auffray
      Pages 25-28

    4. Emergency Chain in Disaster Medicine

      • Stéphane Travers
      Pages 29-32

    5. Medical Emergency Director (MED)

      • Henri F. Julien
      Pages 33-36

    6. First Doctor on Disaster Scene

      • Henri F. Julien, Bertrand Prunet
      Pages 37-41

    7. Role of the Medical Manager of Intra-Hospital Crisis

      • Matthieu Langlois, Mathieu Raux
      Pages 43-45

    8. Triage of Disaster Medicine

      • Henri F. Julien, Bertrand Prunet
      Pages 47-53

    9. Advanced Medical Posts (AMP)

      • Stéphane Travers
      Pages 55-58

    10. Casualty Collection Point (CCP)

      • Henri F. Julien, Bertrand Prunet, Benoît Vivien
      Pages 59-63

    11. Rescue in Shooting and Hostages-Taking

      • Matthieu Langlois
      Pages 65-69

    12. Medical Coverage of Big Crowds

      • Henri F. Julien, Alain Rissetto
      Pages 71-74

  4. Disastrous Events

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Destructive Earthquakes

      • Francis Huot-Marchand
      Pages 77-80
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About this book

A very handy practical book written by French doctors specialised in disaster medicine, this guide offers their core experience condensed in 50 small, easily digestible chapters. Each chapter is designed to enable the reader to “know”, “understand”, and learn what to “do” in the concerned situation, ensuring the crucial information is easily on hand and available.

Facing disasters, whether natural or man-made, technological or social, what are the risks and the consequences of such hazards on victims? What kind of care to provide? How to get organised, to have the appropriate resources, and to protect oneself as a responder?  
The French emergency and healthcare preparedness has followed a unique path. The responding medical doctors have followed in the footsteps of Dominique Larrey, a military surgeon and the father of emergency medicine. For him, the on-scene presence of doctors is paramount to organise the entire healthcare and emergency response,an innovative method that has proven its efficacy.   
This book is intended for all healthcare and emergency staff, doctors, paramedics or first aiders in ambulances or in emergency services who might come to deal with a massive influx of injured, poisoned, or traumatised victims. The management of multiple concomitant emergencies requires specific know-how and skills. 


May this guide contribute to the dissemination of a validated French know-how and thus to save lives and alleviate suffering.


Editors and Affiliations

  • SFMC, Paris, France

    Henri F Julien

About the editor

Dr Henri F Julien was a Brigadier General, currently retired. He was a MD - Anesthesiology-Resuscitation, Medical Disaster Manager, Member of the French Academy of Medicine, President of the French Society of Disaster Medicine, National adviser of the Conseil National de l’Ordre des Médecins (CNOM), and Former President of the European Council for Disaster Medicine. He published many books about Disaster medicine and is the coordinator of the Vademecum in the name of the French Society of Disaster Medicine, written by experts in the field: Jean-Pierre Auffray, Kilian Bertho, Catherine Bertrand, Humbert Boisseaux, Arnaud Bourdé, JeanPierre Carpentier, Nicolas Cazes, Xavier Combes, Pedro Do Monte, Emmanuelle Fontaine, Bertrand Guihard, Matthieu Heidet, Francis Huot-Marchand, Henri Julien, Matthieu Langlois, Éric Lecarpentier, Bertrand Prunet, Marc Noizet, René Noto, Patrick Portecop, Mathieu Raux, Claude Renaudeau, Alain Rissetto, Luc Ronchi, David Serrano, François Soupizet, Éric Thibaud, Stéphane Travers, Benoit Vivien. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Disaster Medicine Pocket Guide: 50 Essential Questions

  • Book Subtitle: Work of the French Society of Disaster Medicine

  • Editors: Henri F Julien

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-00654-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SFMC 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-00653-1Published: 20 October 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-00654-8Published: 19 October 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 236

  • Number of Illustrations: 31 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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