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What Kind of Emergency?

• Radiological Dispersal Devices (RDDs)
• Radiological Exposure Devices (REDs)
• Nuclear Explosions: Weapons, Improvised Nuclear Devices
  • A Decision Makers Guide: Medical Planning and Response for a Nuclear Detonation
  • Damage Zones After a Nuclear Detonation & "Zoned Approach" to the Response
  • Radiation Triage, Treat, and Transport System (RTR) after a Nuclear Detonation: Venues for the Medical Response
  • Damage Zones, Radiations Zones and Likely Rescue Activities After a Nuclear Detonation: Table
  • Damage Zones after a Nuclear Detonation: Idealized Map
  • Time Sequenced Size of Dangerous Fallout Zone and 0.01 R/Hour Boundary After a Hypothetical 10kT Nuclear Detonation at Ground Level
  • Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Following a Nuclear Detonation
  • Fallout from a Nuclear Detonation: Description and Management
• Nuclear Power Plant / Nuclear Reactor Incidents
  • Radionuclides Likely to be Found in Nuclear Reactors and Spent Fuel
  • Some Characteristics of Different Nuclear Reactor Designs
  • Monitoring Radionuclides in Drinking Water and Food: Routinely and After a Release
• Transportation Incidents Involving Radiation
• Radiological vs. Nuclear Incident
• Discovering an Incident
  • Identify Types of Radiation Incidents
• Describing an Incident: Definition, Severity, Phases, Timeline

Initial Incident Activities

• Initial On-site Activities
  • Control Incident Perimeter
  • Identify Radiation Types and Isotopes
  • Measure Levels of Radiation Continuously
  • Protective Action Guides for the Public for RDD and IND Incidents
  • Use Personal Dosimeter
  • Radiation Control Zones and Perimeters Recommended by Various Agencies for Responding to Radiological Emergencies
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in a Radiation Emergency
    • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Classification Systems
    • PPE Classification System from OSHA and EPA
    • National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Protective Ensemble Classes
    • PPE Image Gallery: Dermal Protective Equipment - Civilian
    • PPE Image Gallery: Respiratory Protective Equipment - Civilian
    • PPE Image Gallery: Dermal Protective Equipment - Military
    • PPE Image Gallery: Respiratory Protective Equipment - Military
    • Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) Gear: Military PPE
    • PPE: Operational Impact, Requirements, and Administrative Costs
    • Level of Risk to First Responders in a Radiation Emergency
    • NCRP Commentary No. 19: Key Elements of Preparing Emergency Responders for Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism - Notes on Recommended PPE Guidance
    • OSHA/NIOSH Interim Guidance - April 2005 - Notes on PPE Selection Matrix for Emergency Responders
    • OSHA/NIOSH Interim Guidance - August 30, 2004 - Notes on PPE Selection Matrix for Emergency Responders: Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD)
  • Emergency Worker Exposure Guidelines in the Early Phase
    • National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Radiation Protection Guidelines: Control of Radiation Dose in the Control Zones
    • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Emergency Worker Turn-back Dose Guidance
    • Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc. (CRCPD) Turn-back Exposure Rates and Dose Guidelines
    • International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Guidance for Occupational Exposure
    • Explaining Protective Actions and Protective Action Guides (PAGs)
    • Exposure Pathways and Protective Actions
  • Three Phases of the Response to an RDD or IND
• Triage Guidelines
  • Triage Category and Cytokine Use after a Nuclear Detonation
    • Nuclear Detonation Scarce Resources Project Working Group Publications
    • 4 New Videos Explaining the Scarce Resources Project Triage and Medical Guidance
    • Triage Category and Cytokine Use after a Nuclear Detonation (Interactive tool)
    • Triage Category and Cytokine Use after a Nuclear Detonation (Printable cards) (PDF -664 KB)
    • Triage Category and Cytokine Use after a Nuclear Detonation Help
    • Definitions of Trauma Categories
    • Descriptions of Myeloid Cytokine Categories
    • Definitions of Medical Resource Availability
    • Response Resource Availability and Crisis Standards of Care
  • START Adult Triage Algorithm
  • JumpSTART Pediatric Triage Algorithm
  • SALT Mass Casualty Triage Algorithm, Adapted for a Very Large Radiation Emergency
  • Establishing Patient Handling Flow
• Transport Victims of Radiation Emergencies
• Hospital Activities

Other Audiences

• First Responders in the Field
• Mental Health Professionals
• Hospital Staff
• Nurses
• Public Information Officers
• Radiation Safety Officers
• Planners: Preparedness and Response
  • Incident Command System and Hospital (Emergency) Incident Command System
• Trainers: Practices and Drills
• Public Health Officers
• Legal Advisors
• Senior Leaders
• Veterinarians
• Medical Examiners / Coroners
• Public Health Emergency Researchers
• Volunteers

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• What Are the Goals of This Site?
• Who Produced This Site?
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• System Requirements (e.g., Allow Pop-ups)

Multimedia Library: Animations, Illustrations, Photos

1. Radiation Incidents: Multimedia Library
   1. How Radiation Emergencies are Discovered
   2. Identify Types of Radiation Incident
   3. Terminology to Describe Radiation Incidents
   4. Recovery Continuum Timelines and Tasks - Illustration
   5. Three Phases of the Response to an RDD or IND
   6. Expected Timeline of IND Detonation - Illustration
   7. Dirty Bomb: Radiological Dispersal Device Using Explosive - Illustration
   8. Dispersal of Radioactive Material by Aircraft - Illustration
   9. Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Response Guidance Planning for the First 100 Minutes: Document and Videos
   10. Video: Meeting the Needs of First Responders
   11. Hidden Sealed Radioactive Source (Radiological Exposure Device) in Train Car - Illustration
   12. Difference between Dirty Bomb and Fission Bomb - Illustration
   13. RDD: Diagram of Recommended Protective Action Zones after a Hypothetical RDD Explosion
   14. Nuclear Explosion: Mushroom Cloud
   15. Nuclear Power Plant / Nuclear Reactor Emergencies
   16. Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Planning Zones
   17. RDD: Radioactive Dispersal from an Experimental RDD Explosion
   18. RDD: Diagram of Hypothetical Dispersal Possibilities
   19. Video: Emergency Response to Transportation Accident Involving Radioactive Material
   20. Nuclear Explosion: Mushroom Cloud
   21. Approximate Prompt and Delayed Fallout Effects from a 10 kT Detonation - Illustration
   22. Time Sequenced Size of Dangerous Fallout Zone and 0.01 R/Hour Boundary After a Hypothetical 10kT Nuclear Detonation at Ground Level
   23. Video: Demonstration of the Rapidly Shrinking Dangerous Fallout Zone after an IND Detonation
   24. Radiation Triage, Treat, and Transport System (RTR) after a Nuclear Detonation: Venues for the Medical Response
   25. Estimated fallout pattern from nuclear air burst
   26. Factors That Affect Fallout
   27. How blast injuries cause trauma
   28. Flash Blindness
   29. Retinal Burn
   30. Video: Nuclear Detonation Effects
   31. Video: Nuclear Detonation Fallout
   32. Fallout from a Nuclear Detonation: Description and Management
   33. Fallout: Relative Rate Decline of Radioactivity after Nuclear Explosion
   34. Fallout Shrinks Over Time Due to Radioactive Decay - Illustration
   35. Computer Model Example of Fallout/Goundshine at 2 hours after Detonation of Nuclear Device - Illustration
   36. Computer Model of Effects of a 10kT Ground Nuclear Detonation: 2 Hours Post Detonation - Illustration
   37. Zones of Damage after Nuclear Explosion: Generalized
   38. Damage Zones after a Nuclear Detonation: Idealized Map
   39. Thermal skin burns: Example after nuclear blast
   40. How Buildings Provide Shielding from a Nuclear Explosion
   41. How Nuclear Explosions Affect Dwellings: Examples
   42. Selecting a safe room after an IND detonation
   43. Size of the Incident and Potential Affected Areas
   44. How Energy Is Dispersed after Nuclear Explosion: Approximate
   45. Video: Saving Lives After a Nuclear Detonation
   46. Fallout from a Nuclear Detonation: Description and Management
   47. Key Public Messages after an Improvised Nuclear Device Detonation - Illustration
   48. Video: Saving Lives After a Nuclear Detonation
2. Radiation Basics: Multimedia Library
   1. Video: Biological Effects of Radiation
   2. Electromagnetic Radiation: Ionizing and Non-ionizing
   3. Ionization - Animations
   4. Video: Four types of ionizing radiation
   5. Video: Illustration of Fission
   6. Atomic Number and Atomic Mass
   7. Decay Rate/Half-Life of Radioisotopes - Illustrations
   8. Video: Radiological Basics
   9. Alpha Radiation - Animation
   10. Beta and Gamma Radiation - Animation
   11. Neutron - Illustration
   12. Dose Rate Effect of Radiation Exposure - Illustration
   13. Differences between Contamination and/or Exposure
   14. Types of Ionizing Radiation and Shielding Required - Illustration
   15. Factors that Decrease Radiation from Exposure - Illustration
   16. Radiation Shielding - Illustration
   17. Radiation Shielding - Animation
   18. Video: Time, Distance, Shielding
   19. Becquerel - Animation
   20. Various Units of Dose - Animations
   21. Understanding the Basics About Radiation
   22. Radiation Detection and Survey Devices
       • 8 Categories of Radiation Dosimeters for Dose and Exposure Monitoring and Worker Safety
   23. Video: Radiation Survey Instruments
   24. Video: Radiological Dosimetry
   25. PPE Image Gallery: Respiratory Protective Equipment - Civilian
   26. PPE Image Gallery: Respiratory Protective Equipment - Military
   27. PPE Image Gallery: Dermal Protective Equipment - Civilian
   28. PPE Image Gallery: Dermal Protective Equipment - Military
3. Exposure (ARS): Multimedia Library
   1. Radiation Exposure - Whole Body - Animation
   2. Radiation Exposure - Partial Body - Animation
   3. Differences between Contamination and/or Exposure
   4. Time/Dose Effects in Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
   5. Time Phases of Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
   6. Lethality as a Function of Dose and LD_50/60 - Illustration
   7. Time to Onset of Vomiting and Dose - Illustration
   8. Dose Estimator for Exposure: 3 Biodosimetry Tools
   9. Managing Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
   10. Radiation Exposure: Diagnose and Manage Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
   11. Video Tutorial: Exposure - Diagnose/Manage Acute Radiation Syndrome
   12. Dose Estimator for Exposure: 3 Biodosimetry Tools
   13. Triage Category and Myeloid Cytokine Use after a Nuclear Detonation
   14. Managing Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
   15. Radiation Exposure + Contamination: Diagnose and Manage
   16. Cytokines for Treatment of Acute Exposure to Myelosuppressive Doses of Radiation: Hematopoietic Subsyndrome of Acute Radiation Syndrome (H-ARS)
   17. Use of Blood Products in a Radiation Emergency
   18. Targeted Physical Examination Following a Nuclear Detonation
   19. Hospital Approach to Patients Presenting after a Nuclear Detonation
   20. Types of Ionizing Radiation and Shielding Required - Illustration
   21. Factors that Decrease Radiation from Exposure - Illustration
   22. Radiation Shielding - Illustration
   23. Radiation Shielding - Animation
   24. Lymphocyte Depletion Kinetics Graph - Illustration
   25. Radiation Effects on Blood Counts (1) - Illustration
   26. Radiation Effects on Blood Counts (2) - Illustration
   27. Radiation Effects on Blood Counts (3) - Illustration
   28. Chromosome Aberrations: Dicentric Chromosomes - Illustration
   29. Chromosome Aberrations: Dicentric Chromosomes - Illustration
   30. Conventional Lymphocyte Metaphase-Dicentric Assay - Illustration
   31. Scoring of Dicentrics
   32. Thermal skin burns: Example after nuclear blast
   33. Cutaneous Radiation Syndrome
   34. Simulated RED on Skin Illustrating Dose Attenuation
   35. Video Tutorial: Exposure - Diagnose/Manage Acute Radiation Syndrome
   36. Video Tutorial: Nuclear Detonation Scarce Resources Triage Tool
   37. Implementing the Scarce Resources Project Guidance: Video Teaching Tools
   38. Video Tutorial: Manage 4 Subsyndromes of Acute Radiation Syndrome
   39. Video Tutorial: Dose Estimator for Exposure
   40. Video Tutorial: Time/Dose Effects in ARS
   41. Video Tutorial: Time Phases of Acute Radiation Syndrome
   42. Exposure and Symptom Triage (EAST) Tool
4. Contamination/Decontamination: Multimedia Library
   1. External Radiation Contamination - Full Body - Animation
   2. External Radiation Contamination: Partial Body - Animation
   3. Wound Contamination with Radioactive Shrapnel - Animation
   4. Internal Radiation Contamination via Respiratory Tract
   5. Internal Radiation Contamination via Digestive Tract
   6. Wound Contamination with Radioactive Dust - Animation
   7. Internal Exposure to Iodine-131 Through Ingestion - Illustration
   8. Incorporation of Radioisotopes into Cells and Organs - Illustration
   9. Differences between Contamination and/or Exposure
   10. Radiation Contamination: Diagnose and Manage
   11. Video Tutorial: Contamination - Diagnose/Manage
   12. Managing Internal Radiation Contamination
   13. Radiation Exposure + Contamination: Diagnose and Manage
   14. Prussian Blue
   15. Hospital Approach to Patients Presenting after a Nuclear Detonation
   16. Video: Decontamination of Children
   17. Video: Emergency Response to Transportation Accident Involving Radioactive Material
   18. Use of Shower for External Decontamination - Illustration
   19. Decontamination Using Water from Fire Trucks
   20. Photos of Decontamination Facilities and Procedures
   21. Video: Decontamination & Dressdown at a Transportation Accident involving Radioactive Material
   22. Video: Pre-hospital Practices for Handling a Radiologically Contaminated Patient
   23. Radiation Detection and Survey Devices
       • 8 Categories of Radiation Dosimeters for Dose and Exposure Monitoring and Worker Safety
   24. Video: Radiation Survey Instruments
   25. Video: Radiological Dosimetry
   26. How to Perform a Survey for Radiation Contamination
   27. PPE Image Gallery: Respiratory Protective Equipment - Civilian
   28. PPE Image Gallery: Respiratory Protective Equipment - Military
   29. PPE Image Gallery: Dermal Protective Equipment - Civilian
   30. PPE Image Gallery: Dermal Protective Equipment - Military
   31. Video: Decontamination & Dressdown at a Transportation Accident involving Radioactive Material
5. Radiation Safety: Multimedia Library
   1. Types of Ionizing Radiation and Shielding Required - Illustration
   2. Factors that Decrease Radiation from Exposure - Illustration
   3. Radiation Shielding - Illustration
   4. Radiation Shielding - Animation
   5. Radiation Detection and Survey Devices
      • 8 Categories of Radiation Dosimeters for Dose and Exposure Monitoring and Worker Safety
   6. Video: Radiation Survey Instruments
   7. Video: Radiological Dosimetry
   8. How to Perform a Survey for Radiation Contamination
   9. Becquerel - Animation
   10. Various Units of Dose - Animations
   11. Understanding the Basics About Radiation
   12. Video: Radiological Dosimetry
   13. Protective Actions and Protective Action Guides
   14. Key Public Messages after an Improvised Nuclear Device Detonation - Illustration
   15. Video: Saving Lives After a Nuclear Detonation
   16. Protective Actions and Protective Action Guides
   17. Radiation Control Zones and Perimeters Recommended by Various Agencies for Responding to Radiological Emergencies
   18. RDD: Diagram of Recommended Protective Action Zones after a Hypothetical RDD Explosion
   19. Definition of Radiation Area Boundaries for Responding to a Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD)
   20. Zones of Damage after Nuclear Explosion: Generalized
   21. Approximate Prompt and Delayed Fallout Effects from a 10 kT Detonation - Illustration
   22. Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Planning Zones
   23. Video: Meeting the Needs of First Responders
   24. Damage Zones after a Nuclear Detonation: Idealized Map
   25. Time Sequenced Size of Dangerous Fallout Zone and 0.01 R/Hour Boundary After a Hypothetical 10kT Nuclear Detonation at Ground Level
   26. Video: Demonstration of the Rapidly Shrinking Dangerous Fallout Zone after an IND Detonation
   27. IAEA Recommendation for Generic Areas to be Established by First Responders
   28. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Radiation Protection Perimeter Guidelines
   29. How Buildings Provide Shielding from a Nuclear Explosion
   30. Selecting a safe room after an IND detonation
   31. Key Public Messages after an Improvised Nuclear Device Detonation - Illustration
   32. Radiation Dose Comparisons - Illustration
   33. Video: Saving Lives After a Nuclear Detonation
   34. Understanding Shipping Labels and Placards for Radioactive Materials
   35. Video: Radioactive Material Shipping Packages
   36. Video: Emergency Response to Transportation Accident Involving Radioactive Material
   37. Video: Decontamination & Dressdown at a Transportation Accident involving Radioactive Material
   38. Video: Pre-hospital Practices for Handling a Radiologically Contaminated Patient
6. Triage and Transport: Multimedia Library
   1. START Adult Triage Algorithm
   2. JumpSTART Pediatric Triage Algorithm
   3. SALT Mass Casualty Triage Algorithm, Adapted for a Very Large Radiation Emergency
   4. Hospital Approach to Patients Presenting after a Nuclear Detonation
   5. Triage Category and Myeloid Cytokine Use after a Nuclear Detonation
   6. Video Tutorial: Nuclear Detonation Scarce Resources Triage Tool
   7. Radiation Triage, Treat, and Transport System (RTR) after a Nuclear Detonation: Venues for the Medical Response
   8. Radiation Triage, Treat, and Transport System (RTR) after a Nuclear Detonation: Venues for the Medical Response
   9. Radiation Triage, Treat, and Transport System (RTR) after a Nuclear Detonation: Venues for the Medical Response
   10. Implementing the Scarce Resources Project Guidance: Video Teaching Tools
   11. Exposure and Symptom Triage (EAST) Tool
   12. Differences between Contamination and/or Exposure
   13. Radiation Exposure: Diagnose and Manage Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
   14. Radiation Contamination: Diagnose and Manage
   15. Radiation Exposure + Contamination: Diagnose and Manage
   16. Video: Emergency Response to Transportation Accident Involving Radioactive Material
   17. Video: Decontamination & Dressdown at a Transportation Accident involving Radioactive Material
   18. Video: Pre-hospital Practices for Handling a Radiologically Contaminated Patient
7. Video Library
   1. Video Tutorial: Exposure - Diagnose/Manage Acute Radiation Syndrome
   2. Video Tutorial: Dose Estimator for Exposure
   3. Video Tutorial: Manage 4 Subsyndromes of Acute Radiation Syndrome
   4. Video: Illustration of Fission
   5. Video: Biological Effects of Radiation
   6. Video: Four types of ionizing radiation
   7. Video Tutorial: Contamination - Diagnose/Manage
   8. Video Tutorial: Time/Dose Effects in ARS
   9. Video Tutorial: Time Phases of Acute Radiation Syndrome
   10. Video: Radiological Basics
   11. Video: Time, Distance, Shielding
   12. Video Tutorial: Mobile REMM App
   13. Video Tutorial: Contamination - Diagnose/Manage
   14. Video: Emergency Response to Transportation Accident Involving Radioactive Material
   15. Video: Pre-hospital Practices for Handling a Radiologically Contaminated Patient
   16. Video: Decontamination & Dressdown at a Transportation Accident involving Radioactive Material
   17. Video: Decontamination of Children
   18. Video: Radioactive Material Shipping Packages
   19. Video: Radiation Survey Instruments
   20. Video: Radiological Dosimetry
   21. Video: Nuclear Detonation Effects
   22. Video: Nuclear Detonation Fallout
   23. Video: Demonstration of the Rapidly Shrinking Dangerous Fallout Zone after an IND Detonation
   24. Video: Saving Lives After a Nuclear Detonation
   25. Video Tutorial: Nuclear Detonation Scarce Resources Triage Tool
   26. Implementing the Scarce Resources Project Guidance: Video Teaching Tools
   27. Exposure and Symptom Triage (EAST) Tool

Patient Management

• Choose Appropriate Algorithm: Evaluate for Contamination and/or Exposure
• Differences between Contamination and/or Exposure
• Medical Countermeasures
  • Countermeasures: Exposure
  • Countermeasures: Internal Contamination
• Contamination: Diagnose/Manage
  • Management Modifiers for Contamination Algorithm
  • Decontamination Procedures
  • Standard Precautions
  • Managing Internal Contamination
    • Isotopes of Interest: Properties, Treatment, and Fact Sheets
    • Radiation Countermeasures for Treatment of Internal Contamination
    • Countermeasures: Internal Contamination
    • Caveats about Radiation Countermeasures for Treatment of Internal Contamination
    • Total Body Radiation Survey with Modified Hospital Nuclear Medicine Equipment
    • Swab Each Nostril Separately to Help Estimate Level of Internal (Lung) Contamination
    • Ca-DTPA/Zn-DTPA
    • Calcium
    • Calcium Gluconate
    • Dimercaprol
    • Penicillamine
    • Potassium Iodide (KI)
      • Follow-up for Patients Exposed to I-131
    • Potassium Phosphate, Dibasic
    • Propylthiouracil
    • Prussian Blue
    • Sodium Alginate
    • Sodium Bicarbonate
• Exposure: Diagnose/Manage Acute Radiation Syndrome
  • Diagnosis
    • Frequency of Serial CBCs with Differential and Platelet Count
    • Radiation Effects on Blood Counts (1)
    • Radiation Effects on Blood Counts (2)
    • Radiation Effects on Blood Counts (3)
    • Dose Reconstruction
    • Targeted Physical Examination
    • Dose Estimator (Biodosimetry Tools)
    • Explaining Biodosimetry
      • About Time to Onset of Vomiting
      • About Lymphocyte Depletion Kinetics
      • About Dicentric Chromosome Assays
      • About the REMM Dose Estimator for Exposure
  • Management
    • Management Modifiers for Exposure Algorithm
    • Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
    • Manage Subsyndromes of Acute Radiation Syndrome
    • Countermeasures: Exposure
    • Hematopoietic Subsyndrome Treatment
    • Cytokines for Treatment of Acute Exposure to Myelosuppressive Doses of Radiation: Hematopoietic Subsyndrome of Acute Radiation Syndrome (H-ARS)
    • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
    • Guidelines for Use of Antiemetics
    • Time Phases of ARS
    • Time/Dose Effects in ARS
    • Cutaneous Radiation Syndrome
      • Simulated Radiological Exposure Device (RED) on Skin Illustrating Dose Attenuation
      • Gallery of Clinical Photographs
• Exposure + Contamination
  • Management Modifiers for Exposure + Contamination Algorithm
• No Contamination or Exposure
• Multi-organ Injury, Multi-organ Dysfunction Syndrome, Multi-organ Failure: A New Hypothesis about Whole Body Radiation Effects
• Collection of Data
  • Sample Data Elements that Could be Collected at a Community Reception Center after an IND Detonation
• Strategic National Stockpile

Management Modifiers

• Burn Triage and Treatment: Thermal Injuries
• Radiation + Trauma (Combined Injury)
• Mass Casualty
• Psychological Issues
• At-Risk / Special Needs Populations

Tools and Guidelines

• Dose Estimator (Biodosimetry Tools)
• Template for Adult/Pediatric Orders in a Radiation Incident
• Use of Blood Products
• Follow-up Instructions for Individuals Involved in a Radiological/Nuclear Incident
• Population Monitoring
• Management of the Deceased
• Develop a Radiation Response Plan
• Equip an Emergency Department for Decontamination
• Recovery / Resilience after an Incident
• How to Volunteer
• Top 10 Items for Radiation Emergencies
• Print Algorithms & Tables

Reference/Data Center

• Training and Education
• Dictionary of Radiation Terms
• Multimedia Library: Animations, Illustrations, Photos
• Emergency Contacts
• Abbreviations
• Understanding Radiation Basics
• REMM Bibliography
  • Books, Handbooks, Pamphlets, Pocket Guides
  • Software Tools
  • Government Entities with Radiation Information for Healthcare Providers
  • International Agencies with Radiation Information for Healthcare Providers
  • Professional Societies with Radiation Information for Healthcare Providers
  • Radiation Safety
  • Preparedness and Planning
  • Medical Management of Radiation Injury
  • Radiation Biodosimetry
  • Isotopes of Interest, Countermeasures for Internal Contamination
  • Contamination, Decontamination
  • Nuclear Detonation Incidents
  • RDD Incidents
  • Nuclear Reactor Incidents
  • Late Effects of Ionizing Radiation
  • History of Radiation Incidents

Algorithms and Interactive Tools

• Patient Management Algorithms
  • Evaluate for Contamination and/or Exposure
  • Contamination: Diagnose/Manage
  • Exposure: Diagnose/Manage Acute Radiation Syndrome
  • Exposure + Contamination
  • No Contamination or Exposure
  • Triage Algorithms
    • START Adult Triage Algorithm
    • JumpSTART Pediatric Triage Algorithm
    • SALT Mass Casualty Triage Algorithm, Adapted for a Very Large Radiation Emergency
    • Exposure and Symptom Triage (EAST) Tool to Assess Radiation Exposure After a Nuclear Detonation
• Incident Management Algorithms
  • Discovering an Incident
  • Identify Types of Radiation Incidents
  • Establish Patient Handling Flow
  • Prototype for Zones to Handle Staff/Patients in Medical Facility at Mass Casualty Incident
• Interactive Tools
  • Dose Estimator (Biodosimetry Tools)
  • Manage Subsyndromes of Acute Radiation Syndrome

Quick Links

• Top 10 Items for Radiation Emergencies
• What's New on REMM
• Emergency Contacts
• Patient Management Algorithms
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• Isotopes of Interest
• Countermeasures: Internal Contamination
• Countermeasures: Exposure
• Decontamination Procedures
• Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
• Hematopoietic Subsyndrome
• Cutaneous Radiation Syndrome
• Manage ARS Subsyndromes
• Time/Dose Effects in ARS
• Time Phases of ARS
• Strategic National Stockpile
• Scarce Resources Triage Tool
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