Re: Primary Response to Medical Emergencies

["ruth_weiner" <ruth_weiner@email.msn.com>]

Dear Jim and RADSAFERs:

Do you have any documentation that I can cite for your statement that "state
radiological emergency response organizations such as mine (at least the
ones that I'm familiar with) are training first responders that the medical
condition of the patient, particularly if there is a life-threatening
condition such as heart attack (as mentioned in your e-mail) ALWAYS takes
precedence over contamination control concerns state  radiological emergency
response organizations such as mine (at least the ones that I'm familiar
with) are training first responders that the medical condition of the
patient, particularly if there is a life-threatening condition such as heart
attack (as mentioned in your e-mail) ALWAYS takes precedence over
contamination control concerns..." etc?  Anything that is published and
available to the public will do, even a state agency document if I could
call someone and get a copy.

Thanks for you help

Ruth F. Weiner, Ph. D.
505-856-5011
fax 505-856-5564
ruth_weiner@msn.com

----Original Message-----
From: Jim Hardeman <Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Friday, April 21, 2000 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: Primary Response to Medical Emergencies


>Wade -
>
>I can't speak for licensees, but I can tell you that state radiological
emergency response organizations such as mine (at least the ones that I'm
familiar with) are training first responders that the medical condition of
the patient, particularly if there is a life-threatening condition such as
heart attack (as mentioned in your e-mail) ALWAYS takes precedence over
contamination control concerns. I can think of only a few situations where
the radiological conditions to the emergency responders would be a serious
concern ... one example would be a continuing criticality such as in Tokai
Mura ... and even in THAT situation, the doses to the responders were
relatively insignificant as compared to the medical conditions of the
patients. There's plenty of time to clean up after the patient is stable ...
>
>To quote a friend of mine at REAC/TS ... "we don't get any points for clean
corpses".
>
>Jim Hardeman
>Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us
>
>>>> Wade A Sewell <Wade.A.Sewell@dupontpharma.com> 4/21/2000 6:34:32 >>>
>
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>Dear Radsafers,
>
>I am curious what your Emergency Response Team has adopted as policy for
responding to medical emergencies involving contamination.  I am
specifically interested in radioactive contamination of the victim(s) or
area where the are "down".
>
>
>
!
>

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>
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