RE: Instrumentation for Emergencies -Reply

["Marthaller, Chris" <ChrisM@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us>]

At 1000 rad/min dose rate, I would not perform a rescue.  The casualties
who have been in that field for anywhere from 5 - 10 minutes will not be
getting better, and the 2 - 3 minutes I would be in the field will give
me more than a hormesis or therapeutic dose.

Chris A. Marthaller RRPT
Phone (505) 234-8661
Sr. Training Coordinator - WIPP 
ChrisM@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us
Obviously, only my own views


-----Original Message-----
From: bobscottchp@juno.com [mailto:bobscottchp@juno.com]
Sent: Friday, August 07, 1998 3:47 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Instrumentation for Emergencies -Reply



>Which of the following should they do?
>a. Rescue the victims as if there is no rad hazard, then wait for the 
>experts.
>b. Establish a perimeter, rapidly extricate the victims to the 
>perimeter,
>and medically stabilize them only outside the perimeter.
>c. Do nothing until the experts arrive.
>

>2. Answer a is best for low dose rates.
>3. Answer b is best for very high dose rates.
>4. Answer c is best for extremely high dose rates.
>
Sorry, folks, but we should never support answer c, no matter how high
the dose rate seems to be.  Complete the med rescue first, and move
injured away from the area.

from Bob Scott
Roger Williams Medical Center
bobscottchp@juno.com

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