Emergency Responder Training

[Douglas.Minnema@dp.doe.gov]

    Mike and everybody,
    
    Your discussion of comparing SL-1 and Chernobyl provides many 
    interesting thoughts and questions.  While I am not prepared to 
    answer those questions directly, it reminds me of an interesting 
    article that I ran across a while back that you may want to try 
    and find.  (It is an old book, so if you have trouble finding it, 
    I would be happy to fax the article to you - I seem to be doing a 
    lot of that lately. :-)  )
    
    The reference is: Lanzl, L. H., J. H. Pingel, and J. H. Rust; 
    "Radiation Accidents and Emergencies in Medicine, Research, and 
    Industry"; Charles C. Thomas, Publisher. 1965.
    
    While it is an older book, and many of the techniques are out of 
    date, I would like to point you to an article by Donald Oken, 
    "Mental Preparedness of Emergency Personnel".  Dr. Oken is a 
    psychiatrist, and attempts to discuss the mental and emotional 
    concerns facing the responder during an emergency, and uses that 
    to build a framework for the selection and training of emergency 
    personnel.  While it does not contain a lot of concrete 
    recommendations, it is very thought provoking, and I would suggest 
    it as a starting point for you.
    
    There are probably more current references that other radsafers 
    might be able to suggest, but this might be helpful.
    
    Doug Minnema, CHP
    Defense Programs, DOE
    <Douglas.Minnema@dp.doe.gov>
    
    what few thoughts i have are truly my own