Re: Treatment of Contaminated Personnel

["Tosh Ushino" <tushino@icnpharm.com>]

RADSAFERS,

Though I have responded to Jim privately already on this, I would like to post
this because this has not been mentioned by others yet.

It has been my experience that doctors (and nurses and EMTs) would listen to
doctors. More credentials the doctor has, more attention would be paid. I can
tell the medical staff at a hospital that this level of contamination on a
victim is inconsequential, and I know this because I'm a (trumpet sound
please....) CHP. Only response I'm likely to get is a suspicious look, or get a
question why someone from California Highway Patrol (CHP) would know this. But
if a medical doctor tells them the same thing, they would listen, and believe
him.

So, my recommendation would be to schedule seminars with doctors with good
public speaking skills and the best credentials you can find.

Tosh Ushino, CHP
ICN Dosimetry





Jim Casto <Jim.Casto@ehs.ucsb.edu> on 02/24/99 09:34:55 AM

Please respond to radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu

To:   Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
cc:    (bcc: Tosh Ushino/HQ/ICN)
Subject:  Treatment of Contaminated Personnel




Radsafers,
Can anyone please direct me to where guidance documents or such can be
reviewed regarding emergency medical treatment of personnel who are
also contaminated. We were challenged on this recently during a
training class where we indicated that emergency
medical treatment of contaminated personnel should have priorty over
concern for potential contamination of emergency responders. What
what would be most helpful are guidance documents for non-health
physics types (e.g., EMTs, hospital personnel, fire,etc), which I
can use as a reference.  Our university uses almost exclusively
low to medium level beta emitters  in typical wet chemistry lab
operations-our most likely scenario for contamination.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

-Jim Casto
----------------------
Jim Casto
Radiation Safety Officer
Department of Environmental Health & Safety
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA. 93106
(805) 893-3588
(805) 893-8659 fax
Jim.Casto@ehs.ucsb.edu


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