Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction to Disasters and Disaster Planning -- Risk and Hazard Vulnerability Analysis -- Readiness and Mitigation -- Readiness and Mitigation -- IMS and Communications -- Triage -- Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity -- Volunteers -- Preparing for Mass Gatherings -- Scene Safety and Security -- Analgesia and Mass Casualty Incidents -- Infectious Diseases Following Disasters -- Managing Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Disasters in a Healthcare Facility -- Pediatrics in Disasters -- Family Reunification in Mass Casualty Incidents -- Disaster Psychiatry -- Psychosocial Issues in Disasters -- Ethics -- Medico-Legal Issues -- Index.