edited by Wayne E. Wingfield
Veterinary Disaster Response is the essential guide to disaster training, preparation, planning, and recovery.
A question-and-answer format is used to promote understanding and outline the steps for veterinary response to natural and man-made disasters.
Veterinary Disaster Response is a must-have reference for anyone involved in disaster medicine, including veterinarians, veterinary technicians, veterinary students, animal control and shelter personnel, search and rescue personnel, and emergency response teams.
Contents
1. Training
- An Introduction to the Incident Command System
- Leadership during a Disaster
- Communications
- Basic map, Compass, and GPS Skills
- Records and Animal Identification
- Veterinary Risk Assessment of the Disaster Site
- Risk Communication and Dealing with the Media
- Biosecurity Fundamentals for Animal Response Personnel in a Farm/Livestock Disaster
- Veterinary Triage
- Introduction to Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Zoonosis and Zoonotic Diseases
- Public Health
- Hazardous Materials
- Personal Protection Equipment
- Basic Veterinary Decontamination: Who, What, Why?
- Wildlife Handling
- Domestic Animal Handling
- Small Animal First Aid
- Large Animal First Aid
- Equine Emergency Sheltering
- Companion Animal Sheltering
- Disinfection for Avian, Large, and Small Animal Facilities
- Pain Management in Veterinary Disaster Medicine
- Humane Euthanasia of Animals
- Carcass Disposal following a Veterinary Disaster
2. Planning
- Elements of a Disaster Plan for Animals
- Disaster Planning for Private Practice
- Community Animal Emergency Planning
- State Response to Disasters
- State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs (Including State Animal Response Team (SART) programs and State Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (VMRC))
- Federal Response to Veterinary Disasters
- Military Role in Veterinary Disaster Response
3. Preparation
- Family versus Business during a Disaster
- Preparing Your Practice for an Impending Disaster
- Preparing the Farm and Animals for a Disaster
- Noah’s Burden – A Prolegomenon to the Ethics of Veterinary Disaster Response
4. Recovery
- Care for the Caregiver: Psychological and Emotional Factors in Veterinary Disaster Response
- Disaster Assistance for Homeowners, Renters, and Business Owners
- American Veterinary Medical Foundation Disaster Assistance
Index
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