MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF RADIOLOGICAL CASUALTIES - Second

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Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

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Contents

Acknowledgments iv

Acronyms and Abbreviations. ix

Introduction . 1

Nuclear Detonation and Other High-Dose Radiation Situations . 7

Acute High-Dose Radiation. 7

Biological Dosimetry and Radiation Casualty Management Software Application20

Management Protocol for Acute Radiation Syndrome . 27

Blast and Thermal Biological Effects 33

Radiation Dispersal Device and Industrial Contamination Situations . 41

Low Dose-Rate Radiation . 41

Psychological Effects. 47

External Contamination . 51

Internal Contamination . 54

Depleted Uranium . 59

Operational Aspects 63

Command Radiation Exposure Guidance . 63

General Aspects of Decontamination 68

Appendices . 77

Appendix A: Table for Medical Assay of the Radiological Patient78

Appendix B: Table of Internal Contaminant Radionuclides 80

Appendix C: Table of Medical Aspects of Radiation Injury in Nuclear War 83

Appendix D: Decontamination Procedures 94

Appendix E: Cytogenetic Biological Dosimetry—On-Site Specimen Collection Procedure. 119

Appendix F: Terrorism with Ionizing Radiation—General Guidance. 124

Appendix G: Radioactive Materials of Military Significance . 125

Appendix H: International System of Units— Conversions . 137

Index 139