Links of Interest

AAPM Links

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

• Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP)
• Emergency Operations Training Academy (EOTA)
• National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) - Nevada Site Office
• Navigation Site
• Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Manual of Protective Action Guides and Protective Actions for Nuclear Incidents

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Federal Emergency Management Institute (FEMA) courses
• FEMA Radiological Emergency Management Independent Study Document
• State Emergency Contact Directory
• Threat Advisory System – Current Elevation System
• The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC)

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)

• Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)

• Food and Drug Administration
• Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM)
• DHHS Radiation Emergencies & Event Management for Man-made Disasters
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• CDC Web-based Training Site & reference for email DVD requests

U.S. Surgeon General Office

• Medical Reserve Corps

American College of Radiology (ACR)

• In cooperation with the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) & American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
  Disaster Preparedness for Radiology Professionals – Response to Radiological Terrorism

American Hospital Association (AHA)

• Emergency Readiness

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)

• Health Care at the Crossroads: Strategies for Creating and Sustaining Community-wide Emergency Preparedness Systems

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI)

• Medical Management of Radiological Casualties Handbook
• Biodosimetry Assessment Tool (BAT) software
• MEIR Training Course

Health Physics Society (HPS)

Presentations

• Emergency Department Management of Radiation Casualties
• 2005 HPS Meeting Special Program
• J. Barnes and B Walton. Radiological Response: Myth vs. Reality
• B. Buddemeier – WMD Training Materials for Health Physicists and Responders

New Mexico Tech

• Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC)

Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN)

• National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) & The American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (ASBMT)

American Nuclear Society (ANS)

• Nuclear Dose Chart

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)

• Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS)
• Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)

Conference of Radiation Control Programs Directors, Inc. (CRCPD)

• Radiological Dispersion Device Handbook & Pocket Guide

General Physics Worldwide

• Domestic Preparedness Technical Assistance Program (DPETAP) training course

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

• Manual for First Responders to a Radiological Emergency

Louisiana State University (LSU)

• National Center for Biomedical Research and Training (NCBRT)

Texas A&M University

• Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) Emergency Response

Dade Moeller & Associates Radiation Safety Academy

• Radiation Safety Courses

Radionuclide Table

• View Table

TRAINING

DOE: EOTA	505-842-7110
CDC	Web-based (see above)
GP Worldwide - DPETAP	800-727-6677 (Ext. 63624)
ORISE - REAC/TS	865-576-3131
ORAU	865-576-3576
AFRRI – MEIR	301-295-0316
D Meoller & Assoc. Academy	800-871-7930
Louisiana State University	877-829-5770
Texas A&M University	877-833-9638
New Mexico Tech. - EMRTC	575-835-5312

DOCUMENT REFERENCES

1. Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) – Military Medical Operations. Medical management of the radiological casualties Handbook. Bethesda, Maryland. Second Edition. 2003.
2. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). NCRP Report No. 065 - Management of persons accidentally contaminated with radionuclides. 1980.
3. National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). NCRP Report No. 138 - Management of terrorist events involving radioactive material. 2001.
4. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). Health care at the crossroads - strategies for creating and sustaining community-wide emergency preparedness systems. 2003.
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Population monitoring in radiation emergencies: a guide for state and local public health planners. Atlanta, Georgia. 2007.
6. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Comprehensive emergency management system. 2004.
7. R. H. Kitchen and E. G. Hendee. Point-Counterpoint: Exposure limits for emergency responders should be the same as the prevailing limits for occupational radiation workers. Medical Physics Journal 35(1): 1-3 (2008).
8. W. Poston et al. Public Protection from Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Terrorism. Edited by A. Brodsky, R. H. Johnson and R. E. Goans. Medical Physics Publishing. Madison, 2004.
9. Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident and Special Health Care Programmes. Edited by B. Bennett, M. Repacholi and Z. Carr. (WHO, Geneva, 2006); http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/chernobyl/en/
10. Manual for First Responders to a Radiological Emergency (IAEA), Vienna, 2006; http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/EPR_FirstResponder_web.pdf
11. Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation (BEIR V), National Research Council. Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, 1990.

Free Guidance Documents

American College of Radiology (ACR) - In cooperation with the
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) &
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
Disaster Preparedness for Radiology Professionals – Response to Radiological Terrorism

Hospital Triage in the First 24 Hours after a Nuclear or Radiological Disaster
ME Berger, RB Leonard, RC Ricks, AL Wiley, PC Lowry DF Flynn

 

Purchasable Books

NCRP Report No. 065 - Management of persons accidentally contaminated with radionuclides

 

NCRP Report No. 138 - Management of terrorist events involving radioactive material