CDC - Radiation Emergencies Information for Clinicians

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Radiation Emergencies
Information for Clinicians


Emergency services physicians and nurses will be among the first clinicians to see and treat victims of radiation emergencies. Clinicians of all specialties will be responsible for providing care and information to:

• Patients admitted to the hospital
• Patients presenting for follow-up care
• Concerned individuals
• Others with questions about health effects related to the emergency

To help clinicians develop plans and response capacity for radiation emergencies, CDC has the following resources:
Patient Management

• Staff Protection (PPE)
• Triage
• Medical Management: Decontamination
• Medical Management: Acute Radiation Exposure
• Medical Management: Internal Contamination
• Medical Management: Cutaneous Radiation Injury
• Medical Management: Countermeasures
• Emergency Department Management of Radiation Casualties (Health Physics Society)

Guidelines and Recommendations

• Acute Radiation Syndrome
• Cutaneous Radiation Injury
• Prenatal Radiation Exposure
• Pocket Guide: Radiological Terrorism Emergency Management
• Interim Guidelines for Hospital Response to Mass Casualties from a Radiological Incident

Training

• Psychological First Aid in Radiation Disasters NEW!
• Just-in-Time Training for Hospital Clinicians
• Medical Response to Mass Casualties
• Medical Response to Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism
• Screening People for External Contamination

Radiological Terrorism:
Tool Kit for Emergency Services Clinicians

A free tool kit for planning and response

• Just-in-Time Training for Hospital Clinicians
• Radiological Emergency Management Pocket Guide
• Medical Response to Mass Casualties
• Medical Response to Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism
• The Role of Public Health in a Nuclear or Radiological Terrorist Incident
• Acute Radiation Syndrome (brochure)
• Cutaneous Radiation Injury (brochure)
• Prenatal Radiation Exposure (brochure)

To order copies, please send an e-mail to cdcinfo@cdc.gov or call 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636); TTY: (888) 232-6348.




Related Links

• Fact sheets on radiation topics
• Mental Health
• Protecting Yourself and Your Family
• Types of Radiation Emergencies
• Strategic National Stockpile
• Isotopes of Interest
• Tool Kit for Public Health Professionals
• Using Hospital Equipment to Assess Internal Contamination
• Guidance on Caring for Individuals Exposed to Polonium 210
• Training for Handling Radioactive Decedents
• Summary of Roundtable on Hospital Communications in a Mass Casualty Radiological Event

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/clinicians.asp