Radiation Safety Officers: Information for Radiation Emergencies - Radiation Emergency Medical Management

Radiation Safety Officers: Information for Radiation Emergencies - Radiation Emergency Medical Management

• The Radiological Operations Support Specialist (ROSS): a new specialist
  • Description: radiation protection specialist trained and exercised to prepare for, respond to, and recover from any radiological or nuclear incident.
  • Irwin W, The ROSS: A Radiological/Nuclear Subject Matter Expert Filling a Critical National Need, Health Phys 2018;114(2):141-147. (Provides a detailed description of training and duties) [PubMed Citation]
  • Overview and integration of 3 types of ROSS specialists into the radiation emergency response (PDF - 18 MB) (Dan Blumenthal, Ph.D., DOE)
  • DHS Overview of ROSS responders (DHS)
• Clinical algorithms
  • Isotopes of interest
  • Medical countermeasures
  • Decontamination procedures
  • How to do a survey for radiation contamination
• Tools
  • Radiation detection devices
  • Training and Education
  • Multimedia
    • REMM Multimedia: Radiation Safety
    • Basic radiation principles (HHS/CDC)
      • Radiation Principles (YouTube - 1:52 minutes) (HHS/CDC) 
      • Types of Radiation (YouTube - 1:44 minutes) (HHS/CDC) 
    • Screening people for external contamination, use of radiation survey equipment (HHS/CDC)
      • How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment (Part 1) (YouTube - 19:02 minutes) (HHS/CDC) 
      • Ionization Chambers (Part 2) (YouTube - 2:50 minutes) (HHS/CDC) 
      • Alpha Scintillation Detectors (Part 3) (YouTube - 3:54 minutes) (HHS/CDC) 
    • Radiation Survey Instruments (YouTube - 8:51 minutes) (DOE/TEPP/MERRTT) 
    • Radiological Dosimetry (YouTube - 2:02 minutes) (DOE/TEPP/MERRTT) 
    • Body Chart for Recording Result of Radiation Survey (PDF - 49 KB)
    • G-M Detectors Job Aid — Use a Geiger-Muller survey meter to check for contamination. One page pamphlet. (PDF - 429 KB) (HHS/CDC)
  • Dose estimator for exposure
  • Template for adult/pediatric orders
  • Emergency contact information
  • Software tools for radiation event response
  • Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC)
    • Coordinates and manages all federal radiological environmental monitoring and assessment activities during a nuclear or radiological incident, within the United States in support of state, local, tribal governments, DHS, and the federal coordinating agency.
    • Blumenthal DJ, Clark HW, Essex JJ, Wagner EC. eFRMAC overview: data management and enabling technologies for characterization of a radiological release. Health Physics 2013;105(1):97-103.
  • International Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center (IMAAC)
    • The single Federal source of airborne hazards predictions during an Incident of National Significance (INS).
    • IMAAC is responsible for producing and disseminating predictions (and maps) of the effects from hazardous chemical, biological, and radiological releases (April 2005)
• Principles of Radiation Protection
  • Selected list of organizations with information on radiation protection
    • International Commission on Radiological Protection
    • National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement
    • Health Physics Society
    • Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
  • Selected references
    • Guidance for Emergency Response Dosimetry, (NCRP Report 179), National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, 2017.
    • Decision Making for Late-Phase Recovery from Major Nuclear or Radiological Incidents, (NCRP Report No. 175), National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD, 2014.
    • Cooper JR; International Commission on Radiological Protection. Radiation protection principles. J Radiol Prot. 2012 Mar;32(1):N81-7. Epub 2012 Mar 6. [PubMed Citation]
    • Menzel HG, Harrison J. Dosimetric quantities in radiological protection and risk assessment. J Radiol Prot. 2012 Mar;32(1):N41-6. Epub 2012 Mar 6. [PubMed Citation]
• Protective action guides (PDF - 1.48 MB) (EPA, January 2017)
  • For response workers
  • For public
  • Radiation control zones and perimeters
  • Annual limits of intake for radiation workers
• Understanding radiation
  • REMM Bibliography
  • Radiation Basics: Multimedia Library
  • Radiation Safety: Multimedia Library
  • Radiation dictionary
• See also: REMM Bibliography - Radiation Safety