Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Disaster Management, 1st ed. 2021 From Prehospital to Hospital Care and Beyond Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma Series

The book is divided into 5 sections: section 1: prehospital emergency services; section ii: hospital response; section iii: management of incidents; section iv: after the disaster; and section v: evaluation, ethical issues, education and research.  

Healthcare providerswill find essential information on the special medical considerations in both prehospital and hospital disaster settings, medical management of disaster response, recovery, mitigation and preparedness. The book offers an interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach, and was written by prominent researchers and experienced practitioners.

Preface.- Introduction.- section 1: Prehospital  emergency services.- ii: Hospital resρonse.- iii: Management of incidents.- iv : After the disaster.- v :Evaluation,  ethical issues, education and research.

Emmanouil Pikoulis is Professor and Chairman of the 3rd Department of Surgery (Attiko Hospital ), School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.  Since 2016 he is  Scientific Director of  the MSc “Global Health - Disaster Management” at the same University.  He  also serves as Adjunct Professor  of Surgery at USUHS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Dr Pikoulis has a PhD from the School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Diploma in the Medical Care Of Catastrophes diploma (DMCC)  from the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, London UK. He is fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)  and honorary fellow of  European Board of Surgery (F.E.B.S.).

His areas of expertise include general and acute surgery, themes that he teaches to medical students, residents, and fellows. He leads a multidisciplinary international network of physicians, other healthcare professionals and social scientists  to  develop educational curricula and conduct research  on  acute and disaster medicine and management as well as global health.

He has published more than 160 articles in international peer reviewed journals. In addition to receiving various honors, awards & scholarships, he is a member of numerous societies, committees and scientific organizations. He has presented  extensively on topics related to trauma and acute surgery as well as disaster management training both nationally and internationally and he is the editor, co-editor, author and co-author of more than 15 books in the aforementioned scientific fields.

Jay Doucet is Professor and Chief of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns and Acute Care Surgery at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Doucet is the Medical Director for the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) and for Emergency Management