RE: Dirty Bomb - CNN Accuracy?

["Pombier, Edward C." <epombier@MED.MIAMI.EDU>]

Our hospital, along with many others, while prepared to treat injury victims

who may be contaminated, is not prepared to recieve individuals solely

because they may be contaminated.  We do not have the facilities to

decontaminate large numbers of uninjured personnel and would expect that

first responders would direct only those individuals in need of ememrgency

medical care to our facilities.  The likelihood of contamination from one of

these incidents representing a true health risk is exceedingly small.  If

the first responders are able to do so, decon at the sight would be ideal,

but, if there are large numbers of trauma victims, it would not be realistic

to expect that personnel and resources could or should be divierted to this

low priority task.  Direct travel home with brief instructions in how to

minimize spreading the contamination might very well be the best approach.



Edward C. Pombier

Director

University of Miami Radiation Control Center



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