Medical Management of Radiation Accidents

Igor Gusev, Kenneth S. Cohen, Angelina Guskova, Fred A. Mettller

Fundamentals of Radiation Accidents. Medical Characteristics of Different Types of Radiation Accidents. Radiation Sickness Classification. Acute Radiation Sickness: Underlying Principles and Assessment. Treatment of Acute Radiation Sickness. Direct Effects of Radiation on Specific Tissues. The Safety of Radiation Sources and the Security of Radioactive Materials. Review of Chinese Nuclear Accidents. Radiation Accidents in the Former U.S.S.R. Radiation Accidents in the United States. Criticality Accidents. Medical Aspects of the Accident at Chernobyl. Accidents at Industrial Irradiation Facilities. Local Radiation Injury. Accidental Radiation Injury From Industrial Radiography Sources. Accident Involving Abandoned Radioactive Sources in Georgia, 1997. Localized Irradiation from an Industrial Radiography Source in San Ramon, Peru. Exposure Analysis and Medical Evaluation of a Low Energy X-Ray Diffraction Accident. Local Irradiation Injury of the Hands with an Electron Beam Machine. Accidents in Radiation Therapy. Two-Year Medical Follow-up on the Radiographic Accident in Costsa Rica. Medical Accidents with Local Injury: Local Injury from Use of Medical Fluoroscopy. Assessment and Treatment of Internal Contamination: General Principles. Lifetime Follow-up of the 1976 American Accident Victim. Two Los Alamos Plutonium Accidents. Internal Contamination in the Goiania Accident -- Brazil, 1987. Fatal Accidental Overdose with Radioactive Gold in Wisconsin, United States.
Skin Wounds and Burns Contaminated by Radioactive Substances (Metabolism, Decontamination, Tactics and Techniques of Medical Care). Iridium-192 Acid Skin Burn in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hospital Preparation for Radiation Accidents. Emergency Room Management of Radiation Accidents. Application of Radiation Protection Principles to Accident Management. Monitoring and Epidemiological Follow-up of Persons Accidentally Exposed. Issues Involved in Long-term Follow-up of Persons After Radiation Exposure. Long-Term Follow-up After Accidental Exposure to Radioactive Fallout in the Marshall Islands. Manhattan Project Plutonium Workers at Los Alamos. Epidemiologic Evaluation of Populations Employed and Accidentally Exposed Near the Techa River. Instrumentation and Physical Dose Assessment in Radiation Accidents. Evaluation of Neutron Exposure. The Current Status of Biological Dosimeters. Psychosocial Effects of Radiation Accidents. Accidental Radiation Exposure During Pregnancy.