REMM Bibliography - Books, Handbooks, Pamphlets, Pocket Guides

• Books about radiation medical response
• Handbooks about radiation medical response
• Pamphlets & pocket guides about radiation medical response

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Books about radiation medical response

• US military books
  • O'Connor FG, Schoomaker EB, Smith DC, eds.: Fundamentals of Military Medicine. Office of the Surgeon General, Borden Institute, US Army Medical Department, 2019.
    • See especially: Chapter 35: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Threats, Edited by Lucci E, and Givens M.
  • Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons, Consensus Study Report, 2005, Committee on the Effects of Nuclear Earth-Penetrator and Other Weapons: Division on engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies
  • Walker RI, Cerveny TJ, eds.: Medical Consequences of Nuclear Warfare. In: Zajtchuk R, Jenkins DP, Bellamy RF, Ingram VM, eds.: Textbook of Military Medicine. Part I, Vol. 2, Falls Church, VA: Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, United States of America, April 1989, 473 pages) (Download pdf of book )
  • Mickelson AB, ed., Medical Consequences of Radiological and Nuclear Weapons, Textbook of Military Medicine series; Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, United States of America, Falls Church, VA, and Borden Institute, Fort Detrick, Maryland, 2012.
    • Table of Contents
    • Chapter 1: Radiological Events and Their Consequences
    • Chapter 2: Acute Radiation Syndrome in Humans
    • Chapter 3: Triage and Treatment of Radiation and Combined-Injury Mass Casualties
    • Chapter 4: Treatment of Internal Radionuclide Contamination
    • Chapter 5: Therapy for Bacterial Infections Following Ionizing Radiation Injury
    • Chapter 6: Early-phase Biological Dosimetry
    • Chapter 7: Behavioral and Neuro-Physiological Consequences of Radiation Exposure
    • Chapter 8: Psychological Issues in a Radiological or Nuclear Attack
    • Chapter 9: Late and Low-Level Effects of Ionizing Radiation
    • Chapter 10: Radiological Considerations in Medical Operations
    • Chapter 11: Perspectives in Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures
    • Chapter 11: Perspectives in Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures
    • Chapter 12: Cytogenetic Biodosimetry
• Online Textbook About Radiation Biology and Acute and Late Radiation Effects (University of Pittsburgh)
  • 21 chapters written by academic radiation biologists from 4 medical centers
  • Suitable for students at all levels of training
  • Part of the HHS/NIH/NIAID radiation and nuclear countermeasures program
• Hall EJ, Giaccia AJ, Radiobiology for the Radiologist, 8th Edition, Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, PA, 2018.
• Mettler FA Jr, Upton AC: Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation, 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier, 2008.
• Gusev IA, Guskova AK, Mettler FA Jr, eds.: Medical Management of Radiation Accidents, 2nd ed. Boca Raton, Fl: CRC Press, 2001.
• Glasstone S, Dolan PJ, The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, (PDF - 31 MB), 3rd ed. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1977.

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Handbooks about radiation medical response

• The Medical Aspects of Radiation Incidents, 4th Edition, Revised 07/2017 (PDF - 2.46 MB) (REAC/TS/ORAU/DOE)
• Medical Management of Radiological Casualties, Fourth Edition (PDF - 895 KB) (AFRRI, July 2013)
• Minnesota Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP): Emergency Worker Handbook (PDF - 2.13 MB) (Minnesota Department of Public Safety / Homeland Security Emergency Management Program)
  • This guide includes information about responding to a radiological emergency at one of the nuclear power plants in Minnesota.
• Public Health England (PHE) Handbooks about Radiation
  • UK Handbooks for Radiation Incidents (PHE, 2015)
  • Public Health Protection in Radiation Emergencies (PDF - 1.07 MB) (PHE, 2019)
  • UK Recovery Handbooks for Radiation Specific Response Issues (PHE, 2015)
    • Drinking Water Supplies Handbook (PHE, 2015)
    • Food Production Systems Handbook (PHE, 2015)
    • Inhabited Areas Handbook (PHE, 2015)
    • Other UK Handbooks and Guidance about Radiation Issues (PHE, 2014)
    • Radiological Consequences Resulting from Accidents and Incidents Involving the Transport of Radioactive Materials in the UK – 2012 Review (PHE, 2012)
• The Medical NBC Battlebook (US Army CHPPM Technical Guide 244, August 2002)
• Handbook for responding to a radiological dispersal device first responder's guide — the first 12 hours
  (Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc., September 2006)
• Triage, Monitoring and Treatment of people exposed to ionising radiation following a malevolent act (PDF - 11 MB) (TMT Handbook Partners, March 2009)
• Protecting people against radiation exposure in the event of a radiological attack, ICRP Publication 96, Ann. ICRP 35(1), 2005. (International Commission on Radiological Protection)
• Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event. Workshop Report. (Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. June 15, 2009)
• Fliedner TM, Friesecke I, Beyrer K. Medical Management of Radiation Accidents: Manual on the Acute Radiation Syndrome. (METREPOL) (PDF - 970 KB) (originally published by Oxford: British Institute of Radiology; 2001) Compendium to the main METREPOL document (PDF - 580 KB)
• NATO Handbook on the Medical Aspects of NBC Defensive Operations (Part 1 - Nuclear), (AMEDP-6(B)), (Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force), Washington, DC, 1996.

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Pamphlets & pocket guides about radiation medical response

AFRRI

• Medical Management of Radiological Casualties, Fourth Edition (PDF - 895 KB) (AFRRI, July 2013)
• AFRRI pocket guide: emergency radiation medicine response (PDF - 272 KB) (AFRRI, July 2008)
• Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) biodosimetry worksheet (PDF - 194 KB) (AFRRI)

CDC

• Radiological terrorism: emergency management pocket guide for clinicians (HHS/CDC)

DOE

• Quick Reference Information – Radiation (DOE/ORISE/REACTS, March 2019)
• Emergency Responder Radioactive Materials Quick Reference Sheet (PDF - 461 KB) (DOE/Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program, 5/2006)
• The Medical Aspects of Radiation Incidents, 4th Edition, 7/2017 (REAC/TS)

DOT

• Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG), 2020 (USDOT/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration)
  • Provides first responders with a go-to manual to help deal with hazmat transportation accidents (including radiation) during the critical first 30 minutes.
  • ERG Handbook in PDF format (PDF - 3.33 MB)
    • Hazard Classification System (9 classes)
      • Radioactive materials (Class 7), see page 6
    • Table of Hazard Markings, Labels and Placards
      • Graphics library of hazardous material types: see pages 7-9
      • Radiation placards numbers: see page 9
    • Hazard Identification (ID) Numbers:
      • Library of ID numbers: see pages 18-21
      • Radiation hazard numbers: 70,768, 78; see page 21
    • Radioactive Materials Information library
      • Radioactive Materials: see pages 258-269
    • ERG Mobile App is available
    • Supplementary app: CBRN
      • App developed in partnership between the Vermont Department of Health, Saint Michael's College Department of Public Safety and Saint Michael's College Fire and Rescue.
      • Designed to supplement the US DOT Emergency Response Guide (ERG), but not replace it. Full ERG download
      • Includes excellent resources for initial first responders on scene who suspect a potential Radiological /Nuclear emergency incident
      • Link to initial activities video listed in the "Table of Contents" as "Radiological and Nuclear" (video 2:09)
      • Links to R/N training videos and documents listed in the "Table of Contents" page on page labeled "Training Videos/Docs"
      • Downloadable in Apple store with search for "CBRN"

Other

• Radiological dispersal device first responder's pocket guide
  (Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc., 2006)

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