| Filgrastim (Neupogen®): A Fact Sheet for Clinicians Some medical treatments are available for limiting or removing internal contamination depending on the type of radioactive material involved. Click here for more information on the treatment Filgrastim (also known as Neupogen®). This link includes information on how this treatment works, when and how it should be administered, and possible side effects. |
CDC |
Website |
Clinicians |
| Application: Internal Contamination Clinical Reference (ICCR) An application (for Android devices, iPads, and iPhones) estimating reference concentrations of radionuclides in urine assuming intakes equal to one Clinical Decision Guide (CDG) for each radionuclide. |
CDC |
Application |
Public Health Professionals, Clinicians, First Responders |
| Internal Contamination Clinical Reference (ICCR) Walkthrough A walkthrough for the ICCR, an application (for Android devices, iPads, and iPhones) estimating reference concentrations of radionuclides in urine assuming intakes equal to one Clinical Decision Guide (CDG) for each radionuclide.
The application can be downloaded here. |
CDC |
PDF |
Public Health Professionals, Clinicians, First Responders |
| Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM) Homepage REMM provides guidance to health care providers (primarily physicians) about clinical diagnosis and treatment of radiation injury during radiological and nuclear emergencies. It also provides just-in-time, evidence-based, usable information with sufficient background and context to make complex issues understandable to those without formal radiation medicine expertise. |
REMM |
Website |
Clinicians, Public Health Professionals, First Responders, Medical Examiners |
| National Alliance for Radiation Readiness (NARR) Homepage NARR is a coalition of public health, healthcare, and emergency management organizations that represent practitioners in the field of radiation readiness. This includes state and local public health practitioners, elected officials at the sate and local level, and first responder and first receiver groups. |
NARR |
Website |
Clinicians, Public Health Professionals, First Responders, Medical Examiners |
| Measuring Radiation A description of how radiation is measured and how to interpret measurements related to radiation dose. |
CDC |
Website |
Clinicians, Public Health Professionals, First Responders, Medical Examiners |
| Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS) A description of REAC/TS, a program uniquely qualified to teach medical personnel, health physicists, first responders and occupational health professionals about radiation emergency medical response. |
US Department of Energy/ORISE |
Website |
Clinicians, Public Health Professionals, First Responders, Medical examiners |
| Acute Radiation Syndrome: A Fact Sheet for Physicians Information for clinicians on Acute Radiation Syndrome. |
CDC |
Website |
Clinicians |
| Cutaneous Radiation Injury (CRI) Information for clinicians on Cutaneous Radiation Injury. |
CDC |
Website |
Clinicians |
| Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) Pocket Guide: Emergency Radiation Medicine Response From 2008 via the United States Department of Defense Research Laboratory: A pocket guide detailing what the medical response is to a radiation emergency |
AFRRI |
PDF |
Clinicians, First Responders |
| Video: Radiological Terrorism: Just in Time Training for Hospital Clinicians A brief, 17-minute video covering key radiation principles and radiological procedures. Includes demonstrations on application of these principles and procedures in several patient care scenarios in an emergency services setting. |
CDC |
Website |
Clinicians |
| Transcript: Just In Time Radiation Training Video for Hospital Clinicians A transcript of a training video for hospital clinicians about radiation injuries. |
CDC |
Website |
Clinicians |
| Radiological Terrorism: Emergency Management Pocket Guide for Clinicians This pocket guide is designed as a quick reference for clinicians, including physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals, who will provide emergency care in a hospital setting following a radiological terrorism incident. |
CDC |
Website |
Clinicians, Public Health Professionals |
| Radiation and Pregnancy: A Fact Sheet for Clinicians A fact sheet for clinicians about the effects of radiation on pregnant women. |
CDC |
Website |
Clinicians |
| Guidelines for Handling Decedents Contaminated with Radioactive Materials Detonation of a nuclear weapon or activation of a radiological dispersal device could cause radioactively contaminated decedents. These guidelines suggest ways for medical examiners, coroners, and morticians to deal with loose surface contamination, internal contamination, or shrapnel on or in decedents’ bodies. |
CDC |
PDF |
Clinicians; Medical Examiners, Coroners, Funeral Directors |
| Video: Training for Handling Decedents Contaminated with Radioactive Materials Includes guidelines for how medical examiners, coroners, and funeral home personnel should handle decedents who have been contaminated with radioactive material. This site includes transcripts of the video. |
CDC |
Video |
Clinicians; Medical Examiners, Coroners, Funeral Directors |
| Training: Community Reception Center (CRC) Overview A training video providing an overview of CRC operations. |
CDC |
Website |
Clinicians, Public Health Professionals, First Responders |
| Japan Incident – CDC Recommendations for Public Health Follow-Up of Travelers From 2011: A description of follow-up with travelers identified as contaminated with radioactive material by customs and border protection at US ports of entry. |
CDC |
PDF |
Clinicians, Public health professionals |
| Japan Incident– Epidemiology Form for Public Health Follow-Up of Travelers From 2011: A form to follow-up with travelers and obtain consent in better understanding the results of screening for radioactive materials as a result of being in Japan during the incident at Fukushima Daiichi, Japan in March 2011. |
CDC |
PDF |
Clinicians, Public health professionals |
| Japan — CDC Revised Recommendation to Radiation Control Health Physics Staff From 2011: A revised group of recommendations for follow-up assessment of contaminated travelers by radiation control health physics staff. |
CDC |
PDF |
Clinicians, Public health professionals |
| A Guide to Operating Public Shelters in a Radiation Emergency – February 2015 A Guide to Operating Public Shelters in a Radiation Emergency (February 2015) has been developed to assist with planning and response efforts related to shelter operations in a radiation emergency. This guide is the result of a multiagency collaboration exploring the unique challenges radiation emergencies pose for shelter operations. |
CDC |
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Clinicians, Public Health Professionals, First Responders, Medical Examiners |
| Use of Radiation Detection, Measuring, and Imaging Instruments to Assess Internal Contamination from Intakes of Radionuclides A website detailing how to assess internal contamination from intakes of radionuclides through the use of radiation detection, measuring and imaging instruments. |
CDC |
Website |
Clinicians, First Responders |
| Report on the NACCHO/CDC Workshop on Operating Public Shelters during a Radiation Emergency The Workshop on Operating Public Shelters during a Radiation Emergency was convened on Feb. 3–4, 2010 in Atlanta, GA to gather input from federal and state agencies including state departments of health, local health departments (LHDs), and non‐governmental organization (NGO) partners about the resources and processes needed to provide the public with acceptable shelter during a radiation emergency. |
CDC/NACCHO |
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Clinicians, Public Health Professionals, First Responders, Medical Examiners |