Ann. Medit. Burns Club - voL VI - n. 1 - March 1993
BOOK REVIEWS Endocrinology of Thermal Trauma The distinguished authors of this work consider the endocrine and metabolic modifications occurring in the adult and paediatric burn patient, providing a clear and organic overall view. The book is a point of reference for all those wishing to understand the burn disease, which is indispensable for the proper care of the burn patient. The authors analyse the pbysiopathology of the disease in its various aspects and relate this to clinical practice, in a straightforward modern text. The effects that hormonal modifications may have on the noble organs, such as the lung, are significant. The description of inflammatory phenomena in burns is illuminating and precise, and in this context it is interesting to read the comments on the local mediators of . inflammation as seen in the modern light of tissue hormones. lea & Febiger - Philadelphia - London. Disasters - Your Right to Survival With the increasing frequency and
magnitude of disasters and the growing attention these are receiving, there is an upsurge
of papers and articles of varying value on the various aspects of disasters and major
emergencies. There remains, however, a pressing need for more thorough disaster studies,
research and field investigations and it is in this respect that Professor Silverstein's Disasters
comes at the right time. And the time becomes more right with the addition of the
subtitle, Your Right to Survive. 208 pages, hard6ound, price $ 26.00 Prehospitol Emergency Medicine Increasingly, emergency medical
interventions on the site of an accident are coming to be known under the umbrella of
Prehospital Medicine. The Journal of the World Association for Emergency and Disaster
Medicine is entitled Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, and John Schou's book Prehospital
Emergency Medicine now reinforces and conceptualizes this concept in a very readable
and useful volume. As its subtitle notes, it presents "Challenges and options in
rescue services" and practitioners of this art will want to have this guide in their
library as well as in their emergency kit. 384 pages, tables, illustrations. Hard6ound. Price DM 87.75. Available from Alix Publishing Group, 7 Rothmore Close, Combridge CB1 4AF, England, and 33 Chrischonastrasse, 7850 Lofrach, Germany. The Management of Mass Burn Casualties and
Fire Disasters The health professions are continually developing effective techniques of burns and mass casualty management. In parallel, fire prevention and fire-fighting techniques have developed considerably in most communities. It is therefore surprising that, while aiming at the same objective, the two sectors have rarely come together. The Mediterranean Burns Club is a professional organization that brings together persons concerned with burns therapy and with fire safety in all forms. Identified by the United Nations as premier scientific body in its field within the programme of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, it initiated the first international gathering of specialists in burns as a surgical, clinical problem, and of counterparts dealing with fires as a social, disaster problem. This novel approach and symbiosis proved timely and successful. This, the resulting book, reflects the commitment of all concerned to the reduction of fire disasters and the improvement of burns therapy. Published due December 1992 - ISBN 0-7923-8804-6 - 352 pp. - Price t 82.00, US$ 125.00, Dfl 200.00. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster
Medicine and International Relief English, French, Spanish, Arabic In recent decades natural,
technological and other disasters have been increasing in freque ncy and magnitude, and
the involvement of international organizations and professionals from different
disciplines has been growing in parallel. Communication among these people and an
understanding of the varying terminology of the many professions and activities are
paramount. Published 1989 - ISBN: 089838-409-5 - 204 pp. - Hardback - Price t 56.00, US$ 97.50, DfI 180.00. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, new edition, and Japanese-English Dictionary of Disaster Medicine by Dr. S.W.A. Gunn. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, and Herusu Publishing Co. Tokyo. 1992 Judging from the many re-impressions,
a new edition and an expanding field of translations, it is evident that the Gunn
Dictionaries on major emergencies have become an established feature of any disaster
management armamentarium. Originally conceived in response to the needs of the French
government in the nonmedical field and published in that language in 1984 as Dictionnaire
des Secours d'Urgence en cas de Catastrophe, the field was gradually enlarged. In 1990
the author published the first ever Multilingual Dictionaiy qf Disaster Medicine and
International Relief which was necessitated by the growing frequency and magnitude of
disasters and the increasing involvement of the international and medical communities in
major health emergeDcies. The Multilingual editon is available from Kluwer
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