RE: Health department presentation

["Wright, Will (DHS-PSB)" <WWright2@DHS.CA.GOV>]

Kim, keep in mind that these individuals, a local hd, and I worked in one in

los angeles, need the basic understanding of radiation, its characteristics

that are of practical importance and information on how to make practical

risk management decisions on other scenarios other than a dirty bomb.  There

is not much to need to know regarding dirty bomb situations except seek

treatment immediately and to believe the agency reports on concerns from

such scenarios because unlike chemicals and biologicals, this "agent" is

easily tracked and quantified. Dirty bomb effects and area of effects will

be limited.

Should such an event occur, health workers may have direct involvement or

other activities in the area and this is where the radiation safety training

will come in handy. The information I sent was for the latter purpose. Now

that I read "conference presentation", is sounds as though the request is

for someone to spend 60 minutes as a pontificate on such things as dirty

bombs, nuclear plant scenarios and du. Let me know how it goes. I do similar

such presentations, though in training formats. My requests usually involve

a desire to combine immunology(chem./bio), microbiology and radiation.



 -----Original Message-----

From: 	Kim D. Merritt [mailto:k.merritt@larc.nasa.gov] 

Sent:	Friday, March 29, 2002 7:56 AM

To:	radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject:	Health department presentation



My thanks to the many people who have responded to my request for help in 

formulating my presentation to the local health department.  For those who 

were curious why the presentation was being given, it was by request.  They 

have a one day conference every year where they get together and invite 

people to speak on topics that have some interest to them.  In light of the 

current paranoia regarding "dirty bombs", it is probably an appropriate 

topic this year.





Kim Merritt, RRPT

Radiation/Laser Safety Officer

NASA Langley Research Center

Hampton, VA

(757)864-3210

<mailto:k.merritt@larc.nasa.gov>



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