Information for Clinicians
Emergency services physicians and nurses will be among the first clinicians to see and treat victims of radiation emergencies. Clinicians of all specialties will be responsible for providing care and information to:
- Patients admitted to the hospital
- Patients presenting for follow-up care
- Concerned individuals
- Others with questions about health effects related to the emergency
To help clinicians develop plans and response capacity for radiation emergencies, CDC has the following resources:
Patient Management
Guidelines and Recommendations
- Acute Radiation Syndrome (PDF)pdf icon
- Cutaneous Radiation Injury (PDF)pdf icon
- Neupogen® (Filgrastim): General Information for Clinicians
- Prenatal Radiation Exposure
- Pocket Guide: Radiological Terrorism Emergency Management
- Interim Guidelines for Hospital Response to Mass Casualties from a Radiological Incidentpdf icon
Training
Radiological Terrorism: Tool Kit for Emergency Services Clinicians
A free tool kit for planning and response
- Guidelines for Handling Decedents Contaminated with Radioactive Materials
- Training for Handling Radioactive Decedentsexternal icon
- Medical Countermeasures for Radiation Exposure and Contamination
- Medical Response to Nuclear and Radiological Terrorismmedia icon
- Psychological First Aid in Radiation Disastersexternal icon
- Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS): A Fact Sheet For Physicians (PDF)pdf icon
- Cutaneous Radiation Injury (CRI): A Fact Sheet for Physicians (PDF)pdf icon
- Radiation and Pregnancy: A Fact Sheet for Physicians
- Radiation Basics Made Simple
- Radiation Emergencies Infographics
- Radiological Terrorism: Emergency Management Pocket Guide for Clinicians
- Radiological Terrorism: Just-in-Time Training for Hospital Clinicians
- Radiological Terrorism: Medical Response to Mass Casualties
- REAC/TS Radiation Patient Treatment Algorithmpdf icon
- The Role of Public Health in a Nuclear or Radiological Terrorist Incidentmedia icon
Related Links
Page last reviewed: April 4, 2018