Assessing medical preparedness to respond to a terrorist nuclear event
Subtitle: workshop report
By: Committee on Medical Preparedness for a Terrorist Nuclear Event ; Georges C. Benjamin, Michael McGeary, and Susan R. McCutchen, editors ; Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Contributors: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Medical Preparedness for a Terrorist Nuclear Event
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780309130882
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.110-114).

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Table of contents: title: Topic 1. Effects of a 10-kt IND detonation on human health and the area health care system; title: Topic 2. Medical care of victims of the immediate and fallout effects of a 10-kt IND detonation; title: Topic 3. Expected benefit of radiation countermeasures; title: Topic 4. Protective actions and interventions in the event of a 10-kt IND detonation; title: Topic 5. Risk communication, public reactions, and psychological consequences in the event of a 10-kt IND detonation; title: Topic 6. Federal and state medical resources for responding to an IND event; title: Topic 7. Current preparedness for responding to the immediate casualities of an IND event; title: Topic 8. Current preparedness to prevent and treat the delayed casualties of an IND event.