RADIATION INCIDENTS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Course overview

This program will provide information to nurses about radiological contamination and medical care following an incident involving radiation sources. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to: explain the basic principles of radiation and possible scenarios for radiological incidents, discuss the injuries, radiological contamination routes, presenting signs and symptoms, and treatments associated with radiological incidents, discuss the basic roles and responsibilities of nurses in responding to a radiological mass casualty (MASCAL) incident, and name additional resources that nurses can call on to learn more.