Resources - Mass Casualties Training

Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism: Medical Response to Mass Casualties

Resources

	CDC Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Response http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation Provides information for the public and clinicians on emergency preparedness for radiological incidents. Note sections on Interim Guidelines for Hospital Response to Mass Casualties from a Radiological Incident, Emergency Management Pocket Guide, Cutaneous Radiation Injury: Fact Sheet for Physicians, and complimentary training videos on Just in Time Training for Hospital Clinicians and Medical Response to Radiological Terrorism (Satellite broadcast February 10, 2004). Local copies of the videos: Just-in-Time Training for Hospital Clinicians "Exposure vs. Contamination", an excerpt from "Just-in-Time Training for Hospital Clinicians"
	Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training (REAC/TS) http://www.orau.gov/reacts Provides general guidance for radiation accident management and information about REAC/TS clinician training courses. Note sections on Hospital Triage in the First 24 Hours after a Nuclear or Radiological Disaster, Managing Radiation Emergencies and Procedure Demonstrations on decontamination.
	Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil Publications on research in radiobiology and medical support information for military services. Note Radiological Casualties Handbook, Biodosimetry Assessment Tool (BAT) software, and Pocket Guide for Responders to Ionizing Radiation Terrorism.
	Medical Preparedness and Response to Radiological Dispersal Devices http://www1.va.gov/emshg/docs/ Radiologic_Medical_Countermeasures_051403.pdf Department of Homeland Security document on the medical treatment of victims of an RDD attack. Note section on "Psychological and Behavioral Issues Healthcare Providers Need to Know when Treating Patients Following a Radiation Event," beginning on page 33.
	Medical Management of Acute Radiation Syndrome: Recommendations of the Strategic National Stockpile Radiation Working Group http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/140/12/1037.pdf Article in Annals of Internal Medicine, June 15, 2004 on triage and treatment of patients with acute radiation syndrome.
	Medical Management of Radiological Casualties: Current Concepts http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15940101&dopt=Citation. Article in Annals of Emergency Medicine, June 2005 that provides information on medical management of patients with radiation exposure and acute radiation syndrome.
	Disaster Preparedness for Radiology Professionals: Response to Radiological Terrorism http://www.acr.org/s_acr/ bin.asp?CID=968&DID=13945&DOC=FILE.PDF Educational primer by the American College of Radiology for radiologists, radiation oncologists and medical physicists on medical response to a terrorist attack.
	Psychological Dimensions of Radiation Exposure http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ hanford/health_care/video_presentations.html Video for clinicians on the psychological and social effects of historical exposure to radioactive iodine, how exposure can affect the doctor-patient relationship, and information on clinician-patient communication.
	Radiological Terrorism Tutorial http://www.nti.org/h_learnmore/radtutorial/index.html Tutorial for the public on radiological terrorism threats, prevention and emergency preparedness produced for the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
	U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugprepare/default.htm Provides the most current FDA information on bioterrorism drugs and vaccine. Note section on Radiation Emergencies.