Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Paediatric Blast Injury Field Manual

05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Save the Children International. Published: 5/2019. This 176-page manual, produced by the Paediatric Blast Injuries Partnership, provides guidance for those with medical training but limited experience for treating children injured in conflict. It is divided into sections for each stage of treatment of the blast-injured child. It provides the evidence-based practices and confidence to look after children right from the point of injury through to rehabilitation and longer-term mental health and psychosocial support. (PDF)

Blast Injuries: The Impact of Explosive Weapons on Children in Conflict

05/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Save the Children International. Published: 5/2019. This 24-page paper highlights some of the devastating effects of blast injuries on boys and girls. It provides details about how the world’s worst modern conflicts expose children to explosive weapons – rockets, mortars, grenades, mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). In these situations, children have a disproportionate requirement for health services, both surgical and otherwise, and experience injuries of a greater intensity than adults. (PDF)

Implications of Not Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Needs in Conflict Situations

04/30/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID). Published: 4/30/2019. This 20-page review of existing literature examines the effect of conflict on longer term mental and physical health, communities, families, and overall human development, and indicates that there are a number of significant implications of not addressing mental health and psychosocial (MHPSS) needs of children, youth, and adults in conflict settings. These findings are also applicable in disaster and emergency scenarios related to mass trauma. (PDF)

Germ Warfare: A Very Graphic History

04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Biodefense. Published: 4/2019. Written and illustrated as a highly stylized and engaging graphic novel, this 44-page document depicts previous biological warfare events, the possibilities for the future, and the continued need for public health security. It traces the long, brutal story of microscopic weapons from the infected arrows of Bronze Age archers, to the plague factories of World War II, up through the biological arms race of the Cold War, into the modern age of genetically manipulated terrorism. (PDF)