[ RadSafe ] Department of Health and Human Services Online Toolkit: Medical Response to Radiation Emergencies

Fri Mar 9 10:59:24 CST 2007

Thank you

After recent  high level dialogue,  we have received now a very important 
site.

I would like also to add some IAEA's publications on this subject

Jose Julio Rozental
joseroze at netvision.net.il
Israel

GENERIC PROCEDURES FOR MEDICAL RESPONSE DURING A NUCLEAR OR RADIOLOGICAL 
EMERGENCY, IAEA, VIENNA, 2005 
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/EPR-MEDICAL-2005_web.pdf

Medical Preparedness and Response - Educational Material 
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/eprmedt/Start.pdf
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/eprmedt/Day_1/Day_1-2.pps

Planning the Medical Response to Radiological Accidents
Safety Reports Series No.  4
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1055_web.pdf

Dosimetric and Medical Aspects of the Radiological Accident in Goiânia in 
1997
IAEA TECDOC Series No.  1009
http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/te_1009_prn.pdf

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Emily Bain" <baine at kenyon.edu>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 3:58 PM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Department of Health and Human Services Online Toolkit: 
Medical Response to Radiation Emergencies

> Good morning,
> FYI United States Department of Health and Human Services new tool: 
> radiation emergency medical response tool (please refer to the following 
> note). Best regards,
> Emily Bain
>
> Date:  March 8, 2007
> For Release:  Immediately
> Contact:  HHS Press Office
> (202) 690-6343
>
> Headline:  HHS LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE TOOLKIT FOR MEDICAL RESPONSES TO
> RADIATION EMERGENCIES
>
> HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today announced the Department of Health and
> Human Services (HHS) has developed a new downloadable online diagnostic
> and treatment toolkit designed for health care providers, primarily
> physicians, who may have to provide medical care during a radiation
> incident.
> The new information package includes easy-to-follow procedures for
> diagnosis and management of radiation contamination and exposure,
> guidance for the use of radiation medical countermeasures, and a variety
> of other features to facilitate medical responses. All of this is now
> available on the Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM) Web site
> (http://REMM.NLM.GOV).
> "The REMM toolkit is part of our effort to improve public health
> emergency preparedness and response," Secretary Leavitt said. "It
> reflects the department's commitment to help instill a spirit of
> preparedness throughout our nation."
>
> Guidance on diagnosis and treatment will help health care providers by
> describing:
> * types of radiation emergencies they may face
> * initial medical actions at the incident site and or medical
> facility
> * key steps in patient care
> Critical information is presented in a format that will quickly and
> efficiently orient and guide health care providers during a mass
> casualty radiation event. In addition to online access, federal, state
> and local medical response teams will be able to download REMM
> information on laptop computers for quick access when they are deployed
> to a radiation incident or for training sessions. Users can also
> register for automatic e-mail updates whenever information is changed or
> added to the REMM Web site.
>
> Future plans include formatting the REMM material for use on Personal
> Digital Assistant (PDA) devices, additional multimedia graphics, and
> more topic areas, such as follow-up patient care of radiation's chronic
> effects. A team of subject matter experts from the HHS' Office of the 
> Assistant
> Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the National Institutes of
> Health's National Cancer Institute and National Library of Medicine and
> the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collaborated on the
> development and design of the REMM tool.
>
> -- 
> Emily Bain
> Office of Environmental Health and Safety
> Kenyon College
> 101 Allen House
> Gambier, OH 43022-9623
> T 740/ 427-5575
> F 740/ 427-5427
>
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