Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributors -- Reviewers -- Foreword / Frederick M. Burkle Jr., MD, MPH, DTM, PhD(Hon.), FAAP, FACEP -- Foreword / Patricia M. Davidson, PhD, MED, RN, FAAN -- Foreword / Loretta C. Ford, RN, PNP, EdD -- Preface -- How to use this book -- Editor's note -- Section I. Disaster preparedness: 1. Essentials of disaster planning / Tener Goodwin Veenema; 2. Leadership and coordination in disaster healthcare systems: the U.S. National Preparedness System / Lynn A. Slepski, Mary Pat Couig, Roberta Proffitt Lavin, Susan M. Orsega, and Tener Goodwin Veenema; 3. Hospital and emergency department preparedness / David Markenson and Sarah Lynn-Andrews Losinski; 4. Emergency health services in disasters and public health emergencies / Jeremy T. Cushman, Manish N. Shah, and Mahshid Abir; 5. Emergency medical consequence planning for special events, mass gatherings, and mass casualty incidents / Tener Goodwin Veenema, Paul Arbon, and Alison Hutton; 6. Legal and ethical issues in disaster response / Eileen M. Amari-Vaught, Marilyn Pesto, and Kevin D. Hart; Section II. Disaster mental health and high-vulnerability populations: 7. Identifying and accommodating high-risk, high-vulnerability populations in disasters / Elizabeth A. Davis, Rebecca Hansen, Lori Peek, Brenda Phillips, and Sarah Tuneberg; 8. Human services in disasters and public health emergencies: social disruption, individual empowerment, and community resilience / Juliana Sadovich and Jonathan D. White; 9. Understanding the psychosocial impact of disasters / Susan M. S. Carlson, Plum Kathleen Coyne, and Elizabeth C. Meeker; 10. Management of the psychosocial effects of disasters / Susan M. S. Carlson, Elizabeth C. Meeker, Plum Kathleen Coyne, and Tener Goodwin Veenema; 11. Unique needs of children during disasters and other public health emergencies / Michael Beach and Patricia Frost; 12. Disaster nursing in schools and other community congregate child care settings / Cheryl K. Schmidt, Devin Terry, Dona M. Friend, Shannon Finley, Joy Jennings, Susan Ritchie, Kelly Betts, and Jody Bryant; 13. Care of the pregnant woman and newborn following a disaster / Kathleen Capitulo and Robbie Preppas; Section III. Global disasters and complex human emergencies: 14. Disaster nursing and the United Nations 2015 landmark agreements -- a vital force for change in the field of disaster nursing / Rishma Maini, Joanne Bosanquet, and Virginia Murray; 15. Complex humanitarian emergencies / Frederick M. Burkle, Jr.; 16. Nursing in disasters, catastrophes, and complex humanitarian emergencies worldwide / Patrick Deeny and Kevin Davies; 17. Natural disasters / Tener Goodwin Veenema, Andrew Corley, and Clifton P. Thornton; 18. Environmental disasters and emergencies / Tener Goodwin Veenema, Clifton P. Thornton, and Andrew Corley; 19. Restoring public health under disaster conditions: basic sanitation, water and food supply, and shelter / Mary Pat Couig, Tener Goodwin Veenema, and Adam B. Rains; 20. The role of the public health nurse in disaster response / Janice Springer; 21. Climate change and health: the nurse's role in policy and practice / Karen Levin and Thomas Chandler; Section IV. Disaster response: 22. Disaster triage / Lou E Romig. and E. Brooke Lerner; 23. Disaster management / Kristine M. Gebbie and Kristine Qureshi; 24. Public health emergencies involving community violence and civil unrest: taking planned action / Roberta Proffitt Lavin, Wilma J. Calvert, Sue Anne Bell, Shelia R Grigsby, and Anne F. Fish; 25. Management of burn mass casualty incidents / Lisa Pruett; 26. Traumatic injury due to explosives and blast effects / Tara L. Sacco; 27. Caring for patients with HIV following a disaster / Susan Michaels-Strasser, Juliana Soares Linn; Section V. Disaster caused by chemical, biological, and radiological agents: 28. Biological and chemical terrorism: a unique threat / Eric Croddy and Ackerman Gary; 29. Chemical agents of concern / Justin K. Loden, Sean J. Kice, and John G. Benitez; 30. Biological agents of concern / David C. Pigott, Ziad N. Kazzi, and Sarah D. Nafziger; 31. Surveillance systems for detection of biological events / Erica Rihl Pryor; 32. Infectious disease emergencies / Kristine M. Gebbie and Qureshi Kristine; 33. Medical countermeasures dispensing / Susan Sullivan and Amanda Fuller Moore; 34. Radiological incidents and emergencies / P. Andrew Karam; 35. Decontamination and personal protective equipment / Tener Goodwin Veenema; 36. U.S. national disaster nurse readiness: practice and education for a prepared workforce / Joanne C. Langan, Anne Griffin, Alicia R. Gable, and Aram Dobalian; 37. American Red Cross disaster health services and disaster nursing: national capability -- local community impact / Mary Casey-Lockyer, Linda M. MacIntyre, J. Christie Rodgers, and Valerie Cole; 38. Directions for disaster nursing research and development / Janice B. Griffin Agazio, Lynn A. Slepski, Roberta Proffitt Lavin, Mary Pat Couig, Kandra Strauss-Riggs, and Richard Ricciardi; 39. Improving children's health outcomes through pediatric disaster research and policy / Janice B. Griffin Agazio; 40. Information Technology in Disaster Management / Adam B. Rains; Epilogue disaster recovery: creating healthy, resilient, and sustainable communities after disasters -- Appendix I. At-a-glance: capability definitions, functions, and associated performance measures -- Appendix II. Sequence for putting on personal protective equipment -- Appendix III. Glossary of terms commonly used in disaster preparedness and response -- Appendix IV. Creating a personal disaster plan -- Appendix V. CDC's public health emergency preparedness program: every response is local -- Appendix VI. Radiation infographics.