The 3-day Radiation Emergency Medicine course, presented by REAC/TS as part of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, emphasizes the practical aspects of initial management of irradiated and/or contaminated patients through lectures and hands-on, practical exercises.
The course focuses on the fundamentals of radiobiology along with the medical care and management of patients involved with radiological and/or nuclear incidents. Topics include radiation physics; radiation detection/measurement/identification; early evaluation and treatment of acute radiation syndrome (ARS), acute cutaneous injuries and internal contamination; contamination control; and mitigating risks to patients, providers and facilities.
All of these principles are incorporated in a culminating hands-on exercise using live patients with mock injuries and transferable radioactive contamination.
This course is held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee at the REAC/TS facility at 1299 Bethel Valley Road, Bldg. SC-1. Students will be working with low level radioactive sources under the control of the REAC/TS Health Physics professionals.
This course is approved for 17 ACCME AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.