[oema] Resources on Hospital Exercises and Radiation Response
- From: George Houston <ghouston@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Most Significant, Yet Undisclosed Folks List" <ghouston@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:55:44 -0800
> Hospital Preparedness Exercise Resources, AHRQ
>
> http://www.ahrq.gov/prep/hospex.htm
>
> These resources can help hospital preparedness exercise coordinators
> plan for, design and develop, conduct, evaluate, and improve hospital
> preparedness exercises.
>
> The Hospital Preparedness Exercises Atlas of Resources and Tools
> describes nearly 200 resources and tools that are available to help
> exercise coordinators meet Federal funding requirements and
> accreditation standards throughout the exercise cycle. Each entry
> provides descriptive and citation information for the resource or
> tool.
>
> The Hospital Preparedness Exercises Guidebook complements the Atlas,
> serving as a reference for planning, conducting, and evaluating
> exercises and for how to comply with accreditation standards and
> Federal guidelines.
>
> The accompanying Hospital Preparedness Exercises Pocket Guide serves
> as a quick reference, summarizing the Guidebook.
>
> Radiation Issues. ìMedical Aspects of Radiation Incidentsî Oak Ridge
> Institute for Science and Radiation. The Radiation Emergency
> Assistance Center/Training Site. 2010.
>
> ttp://orise.orau.gov/reacts/resources/radiation-accident-management.aspx
>
> The Medical Aspects of Radiation Incidents provides the basic
> information needed for the medical management of victims of radiation
> incidents in an easy-to-understand manner.
>
> Among the topics discussed in The Medical Aspects of Radiation
> Incidents are:
>
> * basic health physics and dose estimation (US and SI units)
> * treatment of whole body and acute local irradiation issues
> * assessment and treatment of internal contamination with
> radioactive materials
> * patient decontamination
> * delayed effects of exposure to ionizing radiation
> * risk and psychological issues
>
> Happy Holidays
>
> Gregory T. Banner
>
> MS, CEM
>
> Regional Emergency Coordinator
>
> Rgn I (New England)
>
> US Dpt of Health and Human Services
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>
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