Descripción
Published: February 2026
Availability: Not yet published – available from February 2026
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781009279017
Bring life to your curriculum with this comprehensive, yet versatile book that explores core disaster medicine principles through vivid emergency medicine cases. Each case has been crafted to suit a wide range of learners – from novice to practitioner. The ready-to-teach cases are scalable and customizable to any learning environment, from low-resource teaching settings to high-fidelity simulation labs. Covering the basics of simulation to advanced disaster response strategies, cases cover natural and human-made disasters, including pandemics, building collapses, mass gathering medicine, and blast injuries, providing hands-on learning opportunities that can be used to enhance understanding and retention. Each case follows a standard structure including teaching objectives, discussion points, a timeline, and critical actions. With a mix of scenarios and flexible application, this resource will ensure every learner is prepared with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate complexities associated with real-world emergencies while learning core disaster medicine principles.
- Dynamic, ready-made simulated disaster medicine cases which can be seamlessly integrated into any educational program, supplementing their curriculum
- Utilises standard cases which can be scaled to fit program needs, from low-fidelity mannequins to fully modern simulation labs
- Based on the most recent published disaster medicine curriculum, ensuring that learns have access to the latest guidance
- Cases follow a standard, methodical structure, providing a clear framework for learners
Table of Contents
- List of Contributors
- Section 1. Introductory Chapters:
- 1. Introduction to simulation Cassandra Mackey and Jennifer Carey
- 2. Disaster simulation: The best way to prepare for the worst David Ruby
- 3. Simulation debriefing Jorge Yarzebski and Jordan Hitchens
- Section 2. Geophysical Natural Disasters:
- Case 1. Options for delayed extraction following an earthquake Michael Weiner and C. Clare Charbonnet
- Case 2. Covered in oil: HAZMAT injuries after a refinery collapse Liam Porter
- Case 3. Crisis in Indonesia: Navigating volcanic eruptions, ash clouds, and lightning storm injuries Natalie Moore and Lauren Bacon
- Case 4. Inhalational injuries after Mount Kilauea erupts Natalie Moore, Lauren Bacon and Andrew Milsten
- Case 5. Emergency care in volcanic disasters: A case study of volcanic burn management after the Whakaari/White Island eruption Colleen M. Donovan, Emerson Franke, Paul Baker and Michelle B. Locke
- Case 6. Tsunami survivor with fever and jaundice: Pediatric patient in a refugee clinic Alexander Hart
- Case 7. Severe smoke inhalation and asthma exacerbation after a tsunami-induced fire Alexander Hart
- Case 8. Tsunami-related pulmonary complications: Respiratory distress in an internally displaced person Jonathan Gammel
- Section 3. Meteorological Natural Disasters:
- Case 9. Delayed blunt trauma sustained during debris removal after hurricane Morgan Ritz and Romeo Fairley
- Case 10. Sheltering in the storm: Delayed extrication of an elderly man after a southern US hurricane Michael Weiner
- Case 11. ‘I Lost My Medications’: Primary care interruption after a hurricane Liam Porter
- Case 12. Tornado bloodbath: Addressing major trauma from a chainsaw complicated by anticoagulation in a rural emergency setting Ameer F. Ibrahim
- Case 13. Tornado chasing gone wrong: Managing patients with impaled objects in the emergency department Ameer F. Ibrahim
- Case 14. Tornado in the farmland: Multisystem trauma response in rural Alabama Guy Carmelli
- Case 15. Stranded in the heat: Severe hyperthermia and multisystem organ failure Jonathan Gammel
- Case 16. Out cold: Hypothermia from environmental exposure in a winter storm Daniel Saltzman
- Case 17 An invisible killer: Carbon monoxide toxicity from gasoline generator use during a winter storm Daniel Saltzman
- Section 4. Hydrological Natural Disasters:
- Case 18. Helping turns hazardous: Blunt trauma and respiratory distress during flash flood rescue Morgan Ritz and Romeo Fairley
- Case 19. Trapped by the flood: Rescue of an elderly man after 24 hours Guy Carmelli
- Case 20. Disaster strikes twice: Managing a dog bite injury in a posthurricane rescue Jennifer E. Geller and Colleen M. Donovan
- Case 21. When rescuers become patients: A cold immersion injury scenario from the DMAT field hospital Colleen M. Donovan and Lekha Reddy
- Section 5. Climatological Natural Disasters:
- Case 22. Wildfire chaos: A case of trauma and smoke inhalation from late evacuation Jonathan Gammel
- Section 6. Biological Natural Disasters:
- Case 23. Critical management of Ebola virus disease in the emergency department Matthew Carlisle
- Case 24. From cabin cleanup to critical care: Managing hantavirus infection Matthew Carlisle
- Case 25. Medical response in crisis: Pediatric diarrhea and shock in refugee camps Matthew A. Tovar and James P. Phillips
- Case 26. Resource management during a pandemic surge in a small hospital Christopher Hayden
- Section 7. Technological Disasters:
- Case 27. Medical management of chlorine gas exposure following a freight train derailment Colleen M. Donovan, Mary G. Mcgoldrick and Denise Fernandez
- Case 28. Treating life-threatening injuries with limited resources while at sea Cody Johnson
- Case 29. Outbreak at sea: Managing acute gastroenteritis on a cruise ship Cody Johnson
- Case 30. Illness on the high seas: Navigating a gastrointestinal outbreak 50 miles from shore Rashed Al Remeithi and Nata
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