Medical Countermeasures for Radiation Exposure and Contamination

What to know

Medical countermeasures for radiation exposure and contamination is a training module that aids in better understanding what medical countermeasures (treatments) are available for radiation exposure and contamination, how they work, and how and when they should be used.

Developed by: ORAU

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Developed by: ORAU

Training overview

The training has four major sections.

  • Introduction
    • Radiation concepts
    • Triage and medical countermeasure
  • Countermeasures
    • Potassium iodide (KI)
      • Case study – KI
    • Diethylenetriamine pentaacetate (DTPA)
      • Case study – DTPA
    • Prussian blue
      • Case study – Prussian blue
    • Colony stimulating factors (CSFs)
      • Case study – CSFs
  • Clinical decision guides
  • Additional resources
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Content Source:
National Center for Environmental Health