1. Biodosimetry: Medicine, Science, and Systems to Support the Medical Decision-Maker Following a Large Scale Nuclear or Radiation Incident
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C. Norman Coleman and John F. Koerner
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Paper ,Safety Management ,medicine.medical_specialty ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Disaster Planning ,Concept of operations ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Scarcity ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Biodosimetry ,Radiation Monitoring ,medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Medical physics ,media_common ,Radiation ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,business.industry ,Scale (chemistry) ,Public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,General Medicine ,Decision maker ,Triage ,Risk analysis (engineering) ,Models, Organizational ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Radiological weapon ,Decision Support Systems, Management ,Biological Assay ,Radioactive Hazard Release ,business - Abstract
The public health and medical response to a radiological or nuclear incident requires the capability to sort, assess, treat, triage and to ultimately discharge, refer or transport people to their next step in medical care. The size of the incident and scarcity of resources at the location of each medical decision point will determine how patients are triaged and treated. This will be a rapidly evolving situation impacting medical responders at regional, national and international levels. As capabilities, diagnostics and medical countermeasures improve, a dynamic system-based approach is needed to plan for and manage the incident, and to adapt effectively in real time. In that the concepts and terms can be unfamiliar and possibly confusing, resources and a concept of operations must be considered well in advance. An essential underlying tenet is that medical evaluation and care will be managed by healthcare professionals with biodosimetry assays providing critical supporting data. more...
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- 2016
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