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Medical Response to Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism
National Center for Environmental Health and
Public Health
Training Network Satellite Broadcast
Originally aired February 10, 2004
Continuing Education Credit available until February 10, 2007
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The events of September 11, 2001, proved that terrorists will go to great
lengths to cause harm to and disrupt the lives of the American people.
The chance that an overt or covert event will occur that involves radioactive
materials is an unfortunate reality in the United States.
The caves of Afghanistan held plans for the creation of radiological
dispersal devices, and opportunities exist for terrorist groups to
obtain other nuclear devices. The detonation of such weapons could
result in mass casualties, radiation-related illnesses, and contaminated victims.
This program provides clinicians with the most current information
on the following topics: possible radiological scenarios, basic information
on radiation and protection for clinicians, medical management of victims of
a radiological incident, and decontamination and treatment of victims.
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Goals
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Provide clinicians with the following information related to radiation:
the difference between penetrating and non-penetrating radiation, radiation
protection for clinicians, health effects of radiation exposure, and scenarios
that may result in radiation exposure or contamination with radioactive materials.
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Provide clinicians with the following information on medical management of a
radiological emergency: radiological injuries, decontamination, and initial
stabilization and treatment.
Objectives
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish between radiation exposure and contamination.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of acute radiation syndrome.
- Recognize the symptoms of cutaneous radiation syndrome.
- Describe how to decontaminate a patient.
Target Audience
Emergency physicians, hospitalists, nurse practitioners,
physician assistants, nurses, and other clinical emergency room personnel.
Faculty
James Smith, Ph.D., Assistant Director for Radiation
Health Physicist, Environmental Hazards and Health Effects (EHHE),
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
Fun Fong, MD, FACEP, Emergency room physician, Senior Medial Officer of
the Georgia-3 Disaster Medical Assistance Team
(GA-3 DMAT) and former Director of
Radiation Medicine at the Medical Sciences
Division of Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU).
Registration and Continuing Education Information
Visit the CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online
System at http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtnonline
to register online for these courses.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to
provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates
this educational activity for maximum of 1.0 category 1 credits toward the
AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those
credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
This activity for 1.2 contact hours is provided by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, which is accredited as a provider
of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center's Commission on Accreditations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a designated provider
of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the
National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program
is a designated event for the CHES to receive 1 Category I contact hours in
health education, CDC provider number GA0082.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been approved as an
Authorized Provider of continuing education and training programs by the
International Association for Continuing Education and Training and awards
0.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Course number is:
Web-on-demand - WD0037 (CE expires 02/10/07)
You must use the online system to receive continuing education credit.
Participants register and complete an evaluation for the activity.
Individuals who have questions about registration should call
1-800-41-TRAIN or email ce@cdc.gov.
For additional questions regarding program content, please email
RSB@cdc.gov.
When emailing a question, please indicate Medical Response to
Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism in the subject line.
Additional Resources
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Physician information on prenatal radiation exposure
and acute radiation syndrome (ARS) as well as "Interim Guidelines
for Hospital Response to Mass Casualties from a Radiological Incident"
at http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/.
- For information on treating radiation injuries,
contact Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS)
web site http://www.orau.gov/reacts/.
- For Emergency Preparedness Response information visit
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/contactus.asp
Webcast Information
This program is available for viewing as an
archived webcast.
Partners
National Center for Environmental Health,
the Public Health Training Network, the Division of
Professional Development and Evaluation,
Public Health Practice Program Office, CDC
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This page last reviewed: February 2, 2004
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