MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF RADIOLOGICAL CASUALTIES

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Contents

Acknowledgments iv

Introduction . 1

Nuclear Detonation and Other High-Dose Radiation Situations . 7

Acute High-Dose Radiation. 7

Management Protocol for Acute Radiation Syndrome . 20

Blast and Thermal Biological Effects 26

Radiation Dispersal Device and Industrial Contamination Situations . 34

Low Dose-Rate Radiation . 34

Psychological Effects. 40

External Contamination . 44

Internal Contamination . 47

Depleted Uranium . 52

Biological Dosimetry . 56

Operational Aspects 59

Command Radiation Exposure Guidance . 59

General Aspects of Decontamination 64

Appendices . 73

Appendix A: Table for Medical Assay of the Radiological Patient74

Appendix B: Table of Internal Contaminant Radionuclides 76

Appendix C: Table of Medical Aspects of Radiation Injury in Nuclear War 79

Appendix D: Decontamination Procedures 90

Appendix E: Biological Dosimetry—On-Site Specimen Collection Procedure115

Appendix F: Radioactive Materials of Military Significance . 118