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  1. Radiation Concepts
    1. Learn the Basics:
    2. Contamination
    3. Exposure
    4. Dose Rate Effect of Radiation Exposure
    5. Ionization - Animations NEW!
    6. Types of Ionizing Radiation and Shielding Required
    7. Radiation Shielding - Illustration
    8. Radiation Shielding - Animation NEW!
    9. Alpha Radiation - Animation
    10. Beta and Gamma Radiation - Animation
    11. Neutron - Illustration
    12. Becquerel - Animation
    13. Electromagnetic Radiation: Ionizing and Non-ionizing
    14. Various Units of Dose - Animations NEW!
    15. Decay Rate/Half-life of Radioisotopes
    16. Atomic Number and Atomic Mass


  2. Decontamination
    1. Use of Shower for External Decontamination
    2. Decontamination Using Water from Fire Trucks
    3. Decontamination Facilities and Procedures
    4. Radiation Decontamination: 6 part audio-video demonstration (REAC/TS) Watch video
      • Dressing by health care providers to prevent the spread of radioactive contamination
      • Preparing the area to receive contaminated patients
      • Removing clothing from a contaminated patient
      • Surveying for radiation contamination: procedures
      • Decontaminating a wound
      • Decontaminating intact skin
    5. Video: Decontamination of Children (HHS/AHRQ, Children's Hospital Boston) Watch video
    6. Video: Onsite Management and Transport of Contaminated Patients (DHS/FEMA and DOE/TEPP) Watch video
    7. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
    8. Radiation Survey Equipment
    9. Personal Dosimeters


  3. Acute Radiation Syndrome
    1. Time/Dose Effects of ARS
    2. Time Phases of ARS
    3. Time to Onset of Vomiting and Dose
    4. Hematopoietic Subsyndrome Treatment


  4. Radiation Effect on Blood Counts
    1. Lymphocyte Depletion Kinetics Graph used to estimate whole body dose
    2. Radiation Effects on Blood Counts (1)
    3. Radiation Effects on Blood Counts (2)
    4. Chromosome Aberrations - Dicentric Chromosomes (1)
    5. Chromosome Aberrations - Dicentric Chromosomes (2)
    6. Conventional Lymphocyte Metaphase-Dicentric Assay
    7. Scoring of Dicentrics
    8. Video: Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Process (REAC/TS) Watch video


  5. Radiation Safety
    1. Factors that Decrease Radiation from Exposure: Time, Distance, Shielding
    2. Radiation Shielding - Animation NEW!
    3. Types of Ionizing Radiation and Shielding Required
    4. Video: Types of Ionizing Radiation and Shielding Required (HHS/CDC) Watch video
    5. Examples of Radiation Signs and Symbols for Work Areas, Buildings, Transportation of Cargo
    6. Radiation Survey Equipment
    7. Personal Dosimeters
    8. Decontamination Techniques


  6. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) NEW!
    1. PPE Image Gallery: Respiratory Protective Equipment - Civilian and Military
    2. PPE Image Gallery: Dermal Protective Equipment - Civilian and Military
    3. The Difference Between Respirators and Surgical Masks (OSHA, December 2009) Watch video
    4. Respirator Safety. Donning (Putting on) and Doffing (Taking off) and User Seal Checks (OSHA, December 2009) Watch video
    5. Advanced Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Standard Precautions — How to put on and take off gear
      (PowerPoint® - 10 MB) (The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)
    6. Personal Dosimeters


  7. Radiation Survey Equipment
    1. Radiation Detection Devices
    2. Personal Dosimeters
    3. Video: Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment — 4 videos about the equipment and how to use it. (HHS/CDC) Watch video
    4. How to Perform a Survey for Radiation Contamination
    5. Body Chart for Recording Result of Radiation Survey (PDF - 49 KB)


  8. Clinical Pictures
    1. How to Recognize and Initially Respond to an Accidental Radiation Injury (PDF - 436 KB)
      - Images of Radiation Skin Effects and Injury (IAEA)
    2. Thermal Skin Burns: Example after Nuclear Blast
    3. Cutaneous Radiation Syndrome - Gallery of Clinical Photographs


  9. Radiation Control Zones
    1. Establish locations for field activities
    2. Establish Patient Handling Flow
    3. Flow chart example of community reception center with potentially contaminated victims (PDF - 2.68 MB) (REAC/TS)
    4. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP)
      Radiation Protection Perimeter Guidelines
    5. Definition of Radiation Area Boundaries
    6. Control Zone in the Emergency Department
    7. Prototype for Zones to Handle Staff/Patients in Medical Facility at Mass Casualty Incident
    8. Damage Zones after a Nuclear Detonation: Idealized Maps
    9. Time Sequenced Size of Dangerous Fallout Zone and 0.01 R/Hour Boundary After a Hypothetical 10kT Nuclear Detonation at Ground Level
    10. Approximate Prompt and Delayed Fallout Effects from a 10 kT Detonation - Illustration
    11. Radiation Triage, Treat, and Transport System (RTR) after a Nuclear Detonation: Venues for the Medical Response


  10. Nuclear Explosions
    1. Nuclear Explosion: Mushroom Cloud
    2. Approximate Prompt and Delayed Fallout Effects from a 10 kT Detonation - Illustration
    3. How Energy Is Dispersed After Nuclear Explosion: Approximate
    4. Zones of Damage after Nuclear Explosion: Generalized
    5. Blast Range and Significant Effects
    6. Estimated Fallout Pattern from Nuclear Air Burst
    7. Factors That Affect Fallout
    8. Fallout: Relative Rate of Decline of Radioactivity After Nuclear Explosion
    9. How Blast Injuries Cause Trauma
    10. Flash Blindness
    11. Retinal Burn
    12. Thermal Skin Burns: Example after Nuclear Blast
    13. How Buildings Provide Shielding from a Nuclear Explosion
    14. How Nuclear Explosions Affect Dwellings: Examples
    15. Size of the Event and Potential Affected Areas
    16. Radiation Triage Transport and Treatment (RTR) System after Detonation of an IND


  11. Radiological Dispersal Devices (RDDs)
    1. Dirty Bomb: Radiological Dispersal Device Using Explosive
    2. Dispersal of Radioactive Material by Aircraft
    3. RDD: Major Pathways of Release and Interaction
    4. Dirty Bombs: Slates, B-roll, and Sound Bites for Broadcast Media Use (HHS/CDC) Watch video


  12. Radiological Exposure Devices (REDs) - Hidden Sealed Source
    1. Hidden Sealed Radioactive Source (Radiological Exposure Device) in Train Car
    2. Simulated Radiological Exposure Device (RED) on Skin Illustrating Dose Attenuation


  13. Video Tutorials
    1. Mobile REMM App Watch video NEW!
    2. Contamination: Diagnose/Manage Watch video
    3. Exposure: Diagnose/Manage ARS Watch video
    4. Dose Estimator for Exposure Watch video
    5. Time/Dose Effects in ARS Watch video
    6. Manage 4 Subsyndromes of ARS Watch video
    7. Nuclear Detonation Scarce Resources Triage Tool Watch video
    8. Time Phases of ARS Watch video


  14. Miscellaneous
    1. Example of a Commercial CBRNE Triage Tag (Wikipedia)

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