The new edition of Major Incident Medical Management and Support is a vital component in the blended learning course from Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG), which aims to provide hospital staff at all levels with essential information on the preparation, management and support elements of dealing with casualties in a major incident.
Split into five sections, each focuses on the elements requisite in preparing for, and responding, to a major incident. The first section discusses the epidemiology and incidences of major incidents and the structured approach to the hospital response. The second section contains the preparation required in planning for major incidents, including equipment and training. The third section covers the management of a major incident, concentrating on the clinical, nursing and management hierarchies. The fourth includes the various stages of support in a major incident, including declaring an incident and activating the plan, the reception, triage, definitive care and recovery phases of an incident. The final section focuses on special incidents which require additional consideration, including those involving hazardous chemicals, burns and children.
Written in collaboration with the National Emergency Planning, Major Incident Medical Management and Support is an invaluable reference in the emergency department and beyond for staff needing to prepare for the rare, but inevitable, hospital major incidence response.
Table of Contents
Working group vii
Contributors to first edition viii
Preface to the second edition ix
Preface to the first edition x
Contact details and further information xi
How to use your textbook xii
PART 1: Introduction 1
1 The epidemiology and incidence of major incidents 3
2 Are we ready for the next major incident? 11
3 The structured approach to the hospital response 15
PART 2: Preparation 21
4 Planning for major incidents 23
5 Major incident equipment 27
6 Training 33
PART 3: Management 37
7 The scaleable hierarchy concept 39
8 The clinical hierarchy 43
9 The nursing hierarchy 55
10 The management hierarchy 65
PART 4: Support 79
11 Declaring a major incident and activating the plan 81
12 The reception phase 87
13 Triage 97
14 The definitive care phase 107
15 The recovery phase 111
PART 5: Special incidents 115
16 Incidents involving hazardous chemicals 117
17 Incidents involving a large number of burns 129
18 Incidents involving large numbers of children 139
Template annexe of local highlights 149
Glossary 159
Index 161
