Pile-up on the pike : first-in -- Triage and Napoleon Bonaparte -- The hospital disaster committee : a challenge, a curse, or both? -- When even the birds die.... -- The bat-phone rings : the tornado and the trailer park -- The bat-phone rings again : a basketball game, a yellow-green cloud, and seizing victims -- The case of the pesticide and the melancholy farmer -- Hydrofluoric acid : one of the worst HAZMAT agents you never heard of! -- Fever, rash, and one helluva cough! : one approach to a biological incident etiology unknown -- A pruno party gone awry -- "Is that a car backfiring?" : the active assailant -- Explosions along the riverfront : a tragic accident -- Breaking news! : they are bombing the open-air market! -- "We're evacuating the hospital......now!" -- Zap, sizzle, and fizz : contamination, irradiation, and trauma -- From fireball to mushroom cloud -- Pandemic : just when we think we're back to normal....hospital preparedness and response -- They want you! : a regional response to a pandemic -- My home-my castle......I hope! -- A vehicle for all seasons -- End of the shift -- Select hazardous materials -- A calendar of notable disasters in history.
Summary:
"The twentieth century has seen its share of death and destruction. Two world wars, a couple of pandemics, and an assortment of natural, technological, intentional, and accidental disasters. Now, we are 1/5 of the way into the 21st century and already we have witnessed international terrorism, emerging infectious disease outbreaks, global conflicts, population migrations, and a pandemic the likes of which may even surpass the Great Pandemic of 1917-1918. And, in the background, lurks the ominous specter of climate change - a potential cataclysmic event that could logarithmically wreak devastation upon humankind in a matter of decades and last for centuries"-- Provided by publisher.
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