Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism:
Medical Response to Mass Casualties

Scenario 3

  1. Which of the following statements most accurately describes expected psychosocial responses to mass casualty radiological events?
  1. Principles of psychological first aid include:
  1. If this dirty bomb was laced with an alpha emitting radioisotope, then:
  1. This patient, and many of the others standing in the ambulatory lines for radiological screening and/or decontamination, are requesting potassium iodide (KI) administration. KI is most beneficial when: