Acute Radiation Syndrome Response

Here is a good management procedure in dealing with management of people exposed from radiation. This is Radiation Emergency Medical Management from the U.S.Health and Human Services. I hope this could help medical practitioners especially at this time when there are uncertainties from nuclear reactor explosions from Japan.


Exposure to Radiation

Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)- Also Known as Radiation Sickness People exposed to radiation will develop ARS only if all the following are true: The radiation dose was high The radiation was penetrating (i.e., able to reach internal organs, as with x-rays or gamma rays) The person's entire body, or most of it, received the dose The radiation was received in a short time, usually within minutes Clinical severity of the four ARS subsyndromes will vary with dose and host factors: Hematopoietic Gastrointestinal Cutaneous Neurovascular For a detailed information about this response: Visit REMM Website