Written by more than 30 emergency physicians with first-hand experience handling medical care during disasters and to prepare for and handle the challenges of natural and manmade disasters, including guidelines for assessing the affected population's health care needs, establishing priorities, allocating resources, and treating individuals. Covers a wide range of natural, industrial, technologic, transportation-related, and conflict-related disasters, with examples from around the world, and it has more illustrations and information on weapons of mass destruction and explosions.
