Veterinary Disaster Response
by Wingfield, Wayne E.; Palmer, Sally B.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-04-14
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
Veterinary Disaster Response is the essential guide to disaster training, preparation, planning, and recovery. The book takes a question-and-answer format to promote understanding and outline the steps for veterinary response to natural and man-made disasters. Veterinary Disaster Response is a must-have reference for anyone involved in disaster medicine, including veterinarians, veterinary technicians, veterinary students, animal control and shelter personnel, search and rescue personnel, and emergency response teams.
Author Biography
Wayne E. Wingfield, MS, DVM, DACVS, DACVECC, is a Veterinary Medical Officer and Squad Leader of NMRT-Central USA and Emeritus Professor of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine at Colorado State University.
Sally B. Palmer, DVM, is a practicing veterinarian and a Veterinary Medical Officer of NMRT - Central USA.
Table of Contents
| Training | |
| An Introduction to the Incident Command System Swenson | |
| Leadership during a disaster Adkins | |
| Communications Swenson | |
| Basic map, compass, and gps skills Palmer | |
| Records and animal identification Swenson | |
| Veterinary risk assessment of the disaster site Wingfield | |
| Risk communication and dealing with the media Wingfield | |
| Biosecurity Fundamentals for Animal Response.Personnel in a Farm/Livestock Disaster Wingfield and Knight | |
| Veterinary Triage Wingfield | |
| Introduction to weapons of mass destruction Upp | |
| Zoonosis and zoonotic diseases Palmer and Nash | |
| Public health Ray | |
| Hazardous materials Swenson | |
| Personal protection equipment Pedigo | |
| Basic Veterinary Decontamination: Who, What, Why? Murphy | |
| Wildlife handling Palmer | |
| Domestic animal handling Palmer | |
| Small animal first aid Wingfield | |
| Large animal first aid Palmer | |
| Equine emergency sheltering McConnico | |
| Companion animal sheltering: Poirrer | |
| Disinfection for avian, large, and small animal facilities Van Metre and Morley | |
| Pain management in veterinary disaster medicine Raffe | |
| Humane euthanasia of animals Wingfield | |
| Carcass disposal following a veterinary disaster Knight and Murphy | |
| Planning | |
| Elements of a disaster plan for animals Knight | |
| Disaster planning for private practice Yelinek | |
| Community animal emergency planning Dennison | |
| State response to disasters Paik | |
| State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs.(Including State Animal Response Team (SART) programs and State Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (VMRC)) Dennison | |
| Federal response to veterinary disasters Lanman | |
| Military role in veterinary disaster response Stamp | |
| Preparation | |
| Family versus business during a disaster Casey | |
| Preparing your practice for an impending disaster Rich | |
| Preparing the Farm and Animals for a Disaster Wingfield | |
| Noah's Burden | |
| Recovery | |
| Care for the Caregiver: Psychological and Emotional Factors in Veterinary Disaster Response Baker and Havic-Cover | |
| Disaster assistance for homeowners, renters, and business owners Adkins | |
| American Veterinary Medical Foundation Disaster Assistance Wingfield | |
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