Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism:
Medical Response to Mass Casualties

Upon completing this training, you should be able to:

1. Describe the immediate health effects of potential radiological terrorism incidents likely to result in mass casualties.
2. Discuss the major considerations impacting emergency response planning for a radiological terrorism incident involving mass casualties.
3. Describe the major considerations impacting establishment of mass decontamination systems following a radiological terrorism incident.
4. Identify the key principles involving triage of patients with potential radiation injury (Acute Radiation Syndrome).
5. Describe the key components of treating patients with combined injury (trauma and radiation injury).
6. Describe the key components of treating patients with atraumatic irradiation (radiation without traumatic injury).
7. Identify the major pharmacological agents used to treat patients with radiological injury following a mass casualty radiological terrorism incident.