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Overview/algorithm for evaluating contamination and/or exposure Guidelines for inital response Ensure safety of responders Discovering different types of radiation events Description of differences between radiological and nuclear incident Flow diagram of patient handling for radiation event Algorithm for managing whole/partial-body exposure and acute radiation syndrome Algorithm for managing contamination and exposure No Contamination or Exposure Illustration and description of external and internal contamination Illustration and description of exposure Detailed decontamination procedures How to survey Video: Decontamination of infants and children Body chart for recording result of radiation survey Follow-up instructions for patients Lymphocyte depletion kinetics graph Decontamination procedures for shrapnel Illustration: Wound contamination with radioactive shrapnel How to survey Caution - when and why changes in these guidelines may be necessary in mass casualty event Gallery of civilian radiation survey meters/detection devices Gallery of civilian radiation survey meters/detection devices Warning about nasal swabs Table of radioisotopes Table of countermeasures/blocking agents/chelating agents Follow-up instructions for patients Management of the deceased How to survey Gallery of civilian radiation survey meters/detection devices Caveat about using radiation survey meters to detect external and/or internal contamination
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