[ RadSafe ] Radiation poisoning treatment

[John Jacobus]

I don't think that this news account is just limited to New Zealand.  We have had similar stories in the U.S. about patients setting off alarms at airports following nuclear medicine therapies.  My guess New Zealand does not have a lot of news to report.
   
  Regarding the response of HAZMAT crews, that is probably part of the protocol they follow.  There is no indication the cargo crew were hysterical.  Again, a slow news day in New Zealand.

Doug Aitken <jdaitken at sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com> wrote:
  You have to remember that this is New Zealand, which is one of the most
anti-nuke countries on the planet....... and apparently full of hysterical,
incompetent airport staff.....

And considering that this was a correctly labeled overpack/wooden crate
containing a Type A package containing a sealed well-logging source, and
that the only damage was to the outer wooden crate, I would think that the
two people should have been treated for extreme hysteria, brought on by
total ignorance of normal hazardous materials regulations regarding labels,
marks, documentation......

And the entire staff of the airport should have been reprimanded for
incompetence..... rather than " "...Firefighters are praising Air New
Zealand cargo handlers who they say did everything right...."

Instead of which we have another opportunity for a "major media event"......

Doug
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-----Original Message-----
From: howard long

What possible treatment for radiation poisoning (besides supportive iv
fluids)?

First, it is so rare, we have little human data. 
They might have taken a white blood cell count to indicate likely dose.

.........
Howard Long 


----- Original Message ----
From: "Brennan, Mike (DOH)" 


>From below:

"Two people were treated with possible radiation poisoning, but have 
not been taken to hospital."

What possible "treatment" could they have been given?

Radiation scare at Auckland Airport

Dec 14 - Air New Zealand's cargo building at Auckland Airport was 
evacuated on Friday morning after a radiation contamination scare. 

The threat came after a box marked radio active was damaged, but it 
turns out it hasn't leaked. 

Two people were treated with possible radiation poisoning, but have 
not been taken to hospital. 

The incident sparked a major alert at the airport, and a cordon was 
put up around the area. 

Fire service shift manager Jaron Phillips says the call came just 
before 7am.

Crews donned splash suits to enter the building.

Firefighters are praising Air New Zealand cargo handlers who they say 
did everything right.

It has been revealed the package contained machinery used to bore 
wells.

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