Clinical and Public Health Guidance
- Summary Guidance
- Radiation Detection Devices
- Personal Protective Equipment and Decontamination
- Comprehensive Medical Guidance
- Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
- Internal Contamination
- Cutaneous Radiation Exposure
- Radiation Exposure in Pregnant Women and Children
- Laboratory Testing Information
- Special Issues Following a Nuclear Detonation
- Additional Guidance for Prehospital Settings/First Responders
- Additional Guidance for Hospital Settings
- Public Health Response
- Communications Guidance
- Other Guidance
Radiation Emergency Medical Management: REMM (HHS)
Comprehensive information on the medical response to a radiation emergency. Contents can be downloaded to your computer's hard drive, or to a CD or flash drive.
Summary Guidance
- Radiological Terrorism: Emergency Management Pocket Guide for Clinicians (CDC)
- Video: Radiological Terrorism: Just in Time Training for Hospital Clinicians(CDC)
- Transcript: Just In Time Radiation Training Video for Hospital Clinicians (CDC)
Radiation Detection Devices
Personal Protective Equipment and Decontamination
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in a Radiation Emergency (HHS)
- Respirators and Other Personal Protective Equipment (NIOSH)
- Video Download: Radiological Contamination and Exposure (CDC)
- Video: Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment (CDC)
- Resources on Decontamination (HHS)
Comprehensive Medical Guidance
- Radiation Emergency Medical Management: REMM (HHS)
- The Medical Aspects of Radiation Incidents (REAC/TS)
- Radiation Emergencies: Information for Clinicians (CDC)
- Radiation Information for Emergency Responders (CDC)
- Medical Countermeasures for Radiation Exposure and Contamination (CDC)
- Medical Management of Radiological Casualties Handbook, 4th Ed. (AFRRI)
- Textbook of Military Medicine: Medical Consequences of Radiological and Nuclear Warfare (Office of the Surgeon General, Dept of the Army)
Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
- Acute Radiation Syndrome: A Fact Sheet for Clinicians (CDC)
- Diagnose/Manage Acute Radiation Syndrome (HHS)
- Time/Dose Effects in Acute Radiation Syndrome (HHS)
- Time Phases of Acute Radiation Syndrome (HHS)
- Manage Subsyndromes of Acute Radiation Syndrome (HHS)
- Hematopoietic Subsyndrome Treatment (HHS)
- Filgrastim [Neupogen®] (DHSS)
- Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Laboratory (REAC/TS)
- Dose Estimation Resources (REAC/TS)
Internal Contamination
- Diagnose/Manage Exposure and Contamination (HHS)
- Managing Internal Contamination (HHS)
- Radiation Emergencies: Drug Information (FDA)
- Pediatric Counter-Terrorism Measures (FDA)
See the Radiation Emergencies section. - Radiation Treatment Medication Package Inserts (REAC/TS)
- Radioactive Isotopes (CDC)
- Use of Radiation Detection, Measuring, and Imaging Instruments to Assess Internal Contamination from Intakes of Radionuclides (CDC)
- Dose Estimation Resources (REAC/TS)
Cutaneous Radiation Exposure
Radiation Exposure in Pregnant Women and Children
- Radiation and Pregnancy: A Fact Sheet for the Public (CDC)
- Radiation and Pregnancy: A Fact Sheet for Clinicians (CDC)
- Pregnant Women and Fetus with Radiation Exposure or Contamination (DHS)
- Infants and Young Children with Radiation Exposure or Contamination (DHS)
Laboratory Testing Information
Special Issues Following a Nuclear Detonation
- Scarce Resources for Nuclear Detonation: Project Overview and Challenges (DMPHP)
- Allocation of Scarce Resources After a Nuclear Detonation: Setting the Context (DMPHP)
- Radiation Injury After a Nuclear Detonation: Medical Consequences and the Need for Scarce Resources Allocation (DMPHP)
- Health Care System Planning for and Response to a Nuclear Detonation (DMPHP)
- Triage and Treatment Tools for Use in a Scarce Resources-Crisis Standards of Care Setting After a Nuclear Detonation (DMPHP)
- Social, Psychological, and Behavioral Responses to a Nuclear Detonation in a US City: Implications for Health Care Planning and Delivery (DMPHP)
- Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation
Additional Guidance for Prehospital Settings/First Responders
- Radiation Information for Emergency Responders (CDC)
- Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Response Guidance: Planning for the First 100 Minutes (DHS)
- Videos: Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Response Guidance Planning for the First 100 Minutes (DHS)
- Handbook for Responding to a Radiological Dispersal Device: First Responder's Guide - The First 12 Hours (CRCPD)
- Radiation Triage, Treat, and Transport System (RTR) after a Nuclear Detonation (HHS)
- Resources on Pre-Hospital Victim Decontamination (HHS)
- Quick Reference Guide: Radiation Risk Information for Responders Following a Nuclear Detonation
Additional Guidance for Hospital Settings
- Radiation Emergency Information for Clinicians (CDC)
- Health Guidance - Management in a Hospital Setting of Persons Contaminated with Radioactive Material and Exposed to Radiation Following a Dirty Bomb Explosion – 2013 (DHSS)
- Hospital Activities (HHS)
- Hospitals (HHS)
- Resources on Hospital Victim Decontamination (HHS)
Public Health Response
- Sheltering in Place During a Radiation Emergency (CDC)
- Stay Tuned to Learn How to Evacuate (CDC)
- Facts About Evacuation During a Radiation Emergency (CDC)
- Stay Tuned to Learn Where to Get Screened for Radioactive Contamination (CDC)
- Community Reception Centers - CRCs (CDC)
- Population Monitoring in Radiation Emergencies: A Guide for State and Local Public Health Planners (CDC)
- Use of Environmental Monitoring Data to Support Public Health Decision Making in Radiation Emergencies (CDC)
- A Guide to Operating Public Shelters in a Radiation Emergency (CDC)
- Radiation Protective Action Guides (PAGs) (EPA)
- Radiation Emergencies: Resources for Public Information Officers (HHS)
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) & Maps (DHSS)
- Strategic National Stockpile - SNS (CDC)
- Strategic National Stockpile [SNS] (HHS)
- National Nuclear Security Administration: Emergency Response Efforts/Assets (NNSA)
- Psychological First Aid in Radiation Disasters (CDC)