Contamination/Decontamination: Multimedia Library
Types of Contamination
External contamination, full body (Animation)
External contamination, partial body (Animation)
Wound contamination with radioactive shrapnel (Animation)
Internal contamination via respiratory tract (Animation)
Internal contamination via digestive tract (Animation)
Internal contamination via radioactive dust in open wounds (Animation)
Internal contamination to iodine-131 through ingestion (Illustration)
Incorporation (Illustration)
Contamination vs. Exposure
Differences between contamination and exposure (Animation)
Patient Management
Contamination: diagnose/manage (Algorithm)
Video tutorial: management algorithm (YouTube - 3:33 min) (Video)
Medical countermeasures for internal contamination (Chart)
Prussian blue introductory information (YouTube - 2:47 min) (Video)
DTPA (Diethylenetriamine pentaacetate) (YouTube - 3:30 min) (Video)
Exposure + Contamination (Algorithm)
For patients with radiation injury and/or trauma presenting after an IND (Algorithm)
Prussian blue, insoluble (Radiogardase®) (Photo)
Prussian blue, insoluble (Radiogardase) (YouTube - 2:20 min) (Video)
Potassium iodide introductory information (YouTube - 3:07 min) (Video)
Decontamination
Self decontamination for radiation emergencies (YouTube - 5:05 min) (Video)
Decontamination for yourself and others (Infographic)
How to self-decontaminate after a radiation emergency (Infographic)
Decontamination of Children (Video)
Transportation accident involving radioactive material (YouTube - 18:18 min) (Video)
Wound decontamination (Vimeo - 2:50 min) (Video)
An example of appropriate donning of PPE (Vimeo - 1:15 min) (Video)
Removing protective clothing (Vimeo - 1:55 min) (Video)
Decontamination using shower (Animation)
Decontamination using water from fire trucks (Photo)
Decontamination facilities and procedures (Photo)
After a radiation transportation incident (YouTube - 15:59 min) (Video)
Managing contaminated patients at the scene (YouTube - 12:00 min) (Video)
Intact skin decontamination (Vimeo - 2:16 min) (Video)
Removing contaminated clothing (Vimeo - 1:29 min) (Video)
Radiation Survey Equipment
Radiation detection devices (Photo)
Radiation survey instruments (YouTube - 8:51 min) (Video)
Using hand-held radiation survey equipment (YouTube - 19:02 min) (Video)
Using ionizing chambers (YouTube - 2:50 min) (Video)
Using alpha scintillators (YouTube - 3:54 min) (Video)
Personal dosimeters (Photo)
Radiological dosimetry (YouTube - 2:02 min) (Video)
How to perform a survey for radiation contamination (Illustration)
Body chart for recording radiation survey (Illustration)
Personal Protection
Get inside, stay inside, stay tuned (YouTube - 5:30 min) (Video)
Civilian respiratory protective equipment (Photo)
Military respiratory protective equipment (Photo)
Personal dosimeters (Photo)
An example of appropriate donning of PPE (Vimeo - 1:15 min) (Video)
Removing protective clothing (Vimeo - 1:55 min) (Video)
Civilian dermal protectiive equipment (Photo)
Military dermal protective equipment (Photo)
Training for handling radioactive decedents (Video - 10:00 min)
After a radiation transportation incident (YouTube - 15:59 min) (Video)
Removing contaminated clothing (Vimeo - 1:29 min) (Video)
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