Field Hospitals Comprehensive Guide to Preparation O… Hardcover 9781107141322 VG

Field HospitalsA Comprehensive Guide to Preparation and Operation\nAuthor(s): Elhanan Bar-On, Kobi Peleg, Yitshak Kreiss\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107141322, 978-1107141322\nSynopsis\nField hospitals are deployed in a wide range of scenarios including natural disasters, epidemic outbreaks, armed conflicts and refugee crises. Operation in these conditions requires adaptation to disaster medicine principles and operation in an austere environment and unfamiliar cultural milieu, whilst maintaining acceptable standards of care. For many of those involved it may be their first encounter. This book, which is the first to address the preparation and operation of field hospitals, brings together the experience of world leaders in the field. Coming from a wide variety of organizations and backgrounds, all have extensive experience in field hospital deployment in multiple scenarios. The text - con.