Oxford Manual of Major Incident Management
Oxford University Press
This Oxford University Press app-book, Oxford Manual of Major Incident Management, improves your performance with relevant, valid material that you can access quickly and with minimum effort in the palm of your hand using Indextra's patented technology.
THIS APP-BOOK includes unique functions such as:
- A powerful search
- Bookmarks
- Complete set of medical calculators; Body Mass Index, Peak Expiratory Flows, Dehydration Correction Calculator and more
- Highlighting
- High-resolution pictures
- History
- Notes and picture-notes
About this title:
Transport, industrial, and natural disasters have always necessitated a coordinated interagency, multi-professional response, and with the rising threat in terrorist incidents, that need has never been greater. The information-base required to plan for and manage this response has now been brought together in a single, user-friendly volume, clearly describing the hazards and their management at all stages.
Authoritative, comprehensive and concise ,the Oxford Manual of Major Incident Management integrates the key facts for all those involved in major incident planning and response, and will prove an invaluable resource in planning for all types of major incident, acting as the basis for training, and as an aide-memoir during an event., this quick-reference guide will be of use to both established experts and to novices in the field.
Key features:
- An authoritative quick reference guide in a user-friendly and succinct format
- Covers the spectrum of knowledge necessary for effective major incident planning or response
- Establishes a core knowledge base extending beyond individual professional boundaries
Readership: A wide range of professionals, experts and novices in the field of incident management – from doctors across emergency medicine, public health, general practice, pre-hospital care, and communicable disease control; through nurses and emergency services; to administrators and planners.
Authors: Paul Hunt and Ian Greaves