Daniel J Blumenthal, Judith L Bader, Doran Christensen, John Koerner, John Cuellar, Sidney Hinds, John Crapo, Erik Glassman, A Bradley Potter, Lynda Singletary
The detonation of a nuclear device in a US city would be catastrophic. Enormous loss of life and injuries would characterize an incident with profound human, political, social, and economic implications. Nevertheless, most responders have not received sufficient training about ionizing radiation, principles of radiation safety, or managing, diagnosing, and treating radiation-related injuries and illnesses. Members throughout the health care delivery system, including medical first responders, hospital first receivers, and health care institution support personnel such as janitors, hospital administrators, and security personnel, lack radiation-related training...
February 2014: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine