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
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.
