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Radiation Emergencies: Video: Screening People for External Contamination: How to Use Hand-held Radiation Survey Equipment
The video from the CDC teaches how to use handheld radiation survey equipment to check for radioactive contamination on people. It describes using Geiger-Muller detectors, …
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About Preventing and Treating Radiation Injuries and Illness
This website focuses on symptoms of radiation emergencies. It offers detailed information on the various symptoms that may arise due to exposure to radiation, including …
Radiation Emergencies: Evacuation
This webpage provides guidance on evacuation procedures during radiation emergencies, emphasizing the importance of preparedness and swift action. It covers key aspects such as evacuation …
Rapid Needs Assessment Intake for IYCF-E
This CDC assessment on infant feeding in emergencies emphasizes the importance of preparedness and assessment to ensure infants' nutritional needs are met during crises. It …
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Hospitalization Surveillance Network (RSV-NET)
This webpage provides access to the RSV-NET interactive dashboard that can be used to follow trends and comparisons of RSV-associated hospitalizations in different demographic groups …
Radiation and Your Health
This webpage explains electromagnetic radiation, which is energy traveling through space. It describes how high-energy forms like x-rays and gamma rays can ionize atoms. Radioactive …
Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
This video describes the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, a deadly gas that is odorless and colorless. CO can build up in homes during …
FluView Interactive
This webpage features FluView Interactive, a tool from the CDC that shows flu data in different ways. It describes how users can see information about …
Clinical Decision Support for Immunization (CDSi)
This webpage describes Clinical Decision Support for Immunization (CDSi), which helps healthcare providers determine the right vaccines for patients. It explains how CDSi uses guidelines …
Measles Symptoms and Complications
This webpage describes measles as a highly contagious disease with symptoms appearing 7 to 14 days after infection. Initial signs include high fever, cough, runny …