Disaster management is increasingly important, as effective management can save lives and minimize casualties. This book discusses best practice in both developed and developing countries, including planning and preparedness of hospitals, emergency medical services, communication and IT tools for medical disaster response and psychosocial issues.

Contributions by: Mark K Huntington, Dale Vincent, Marcia Trainer, Monideepa Roy, Gerald Kost, Steven Parrillo, Anders Ruter, Rostislav Kostadinov, Jameel Ali, Yoram G Weiss, Aaron Richman, Fernando Turégano, Levent Kenar, Robert P Chilcott, Edward Waller, P Thullier, Christophor Dishovsky, J Bajgar, Christopher Cocking, Suresh Bada Math, David Allen, Itamar Ashkenazi, Jean B Bail, Miklosh Bala, Nibedita Ray-Bennett, Giles Barrier, Benjamin W Berg, J R Bhardwaj, Raman Chawla, Anish V Cherian, Maria Nirmala Christine, Timothy P Cohen, Corbin Curtis, Tahir Ahmed Dar, Shabir Dhar, Christopher R Foerster, Anju Goel, Rajiv Goel, Rupa Gunaseelan, James C Hagen, Scott P Hagen, Mahmood Hosseini, Yasamin O Izadkhah, Michael Hust, Denis Josse, Vinod Kaushik, Kamen Kanev, Naveen C Kumar, Richard Louie, Nandini Mukherjee, Sudeep Nayak, Mesut Ortatatli, Douglas Paton, Thibaut Pelat, Kai-Lit Phua, Ann Sakaguchi, Rakesh Sharma, Stoian Tonev, Yuval Weiss