Public Health Issues

Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site. Managing Radiation Emergencies. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. http://www.orau.gov/reacts/care.htm#23Team

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2003). Interim Guidelines for Hospital Response to Mass Casualties from a Radiological Incident. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/pdf/MassCasualtiesGuidelines.pdf

AFRRI. The Biodosimetry Assessment Tool (BAT). Bethesda, MD: Armed Forces Radiobiological Research Institute. http://www.afrri.usuhs.mil/www/outreach/biodostools.htm#BATregister

Center for Public Health Preparedness. (2004). Terrorism, Preparedness, and Public Health: An Introduction. State University of New York at Albany, School of Public Health. http://www.ualbanycphp.org/learning/registration/detail_Terrorism.cfm

Core Functions and Ten Essential Services of Public Health. Health.gov Web Portal. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.health.gov/phfunctions/images/pubh_wh2.gif

The Medical NBC Battlebook. (2000). USACHPPM Tech Guide 244. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. http://www.ngwrc.org/files/NGWRC/documents/documents/Dulink/batbooka.PDF

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2005). CDC's Roles in the Event of a Nuclear or Radiological Terrorist Attack. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/cdcrole.asp

U.S. Department of Homeland Security. (2004). National Response Plan (December). See especially ESF #8-Public Health and Medical Services Annex and Nuclear/Radiological Incident Annex. http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NRP_FullText.pdf

NCRP. (2001). Management of Terrorist Events Involving Radioactive Material. Report 138. Bethesda, MD: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement. See Chapter 9, "Radiological Consequence Management Considerations."

Department of Defense (2005). Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support. Washington D.C. http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/homeland.pdf

International Atomic Energy Agency (2005). Generic Procedures for Medical Response during a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency. IAEA, Vienna. Austria. http://www-ns.iaea.org/tech-areas/emergency/technicalproducts.htm

International Atomic Energy Agency (2003). Method for Developing Arrangements for Response to a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency. IAEA, Vienna. Austria. http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PubDetails.asp?pubId=6750

Health Physics Society. The Health Physics Society is a nonprofit scientific professional organization whose mission is to promote the practice of radiation safety. http://www.hps.org

U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Ready.gov is about citizen preparedness. One of the primary mandates of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is to educate the public, on a continuing basis, about how to be prepared in case of a national emergency - including a possible terrorist attack. http://www.ready.gov/