Developing a Practical Algorithm for a Pediatric Emergency Department’s Response to Radiological Dispersal Device Events

• 2013

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• Sally Reynolds; Mary Margaret Crulcich; Glenn Sullivan; Miriam Stewart
PMID: 23823260DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/pec.0b013e3182983bd6

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This study discusses a plan for helping children in an emergency room after a "dirty bomb" event. It explains how to sort and treat kids who might be hurt or worried about radiation. A team made a questionnaire and flow chart to decide quickly what care each child needs. They tested it with pretend patients and real drills, finding that even non-medical staff could use it well with little training. The goal is to make sure hospitals can focus on kids who need help the most when resources are limited during such emergencies.

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Focus Area: CBRNE

Audiences: Emergency Managers; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Mitigation

Bundles: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Algorithms; Decontamination; Disaster Planning; Occupational Exposure; Pediatrics; Radiation Injuries; Radiation Protection; Terrorism; Triage; Bombs; Emergency Service, Hospital; Mass Casualty Incidents; Radioactive Hazard Release

Institutions: Northwestern University; Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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