Types of Explosions and Explosive Injuries Defined Richard Linsky Adam Miller The worldwide escalation of violence, both civilian and military, demands that medical personnel and first responders be prepared to…
Nuclear Power Plant Disasters Wilfredo Rivera NAME OF AGENT Nuclear Power Plant Disaster THEORETICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND The first successful nuclear detonation took place in New Mexico in July 1945…
Detonation of a Nuclear Device Cham E. Dallas INTRODUCTION The increasing likelihood of the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) on large civilian populations has been described in international…
Radiation Dispersal Devices, Dirty Bombs, and Nonconventional Radiation Exposure Madison Patrick Keith Edsal Daniel C. Keyes The author T. S. Elliot once said, “Give me a handful of dust, and…
Treatment of Radiation Exposure and Contamination Keith Edsall Daniel C. Keyes Most physicians have little knowledge about treating radiation injuries because the subject is not included in the medical school…
Personal Protection and Decontamination for Radiation Emergencies Keith Edsall Daniel C. Keyes PERSONAL PROTECTION Personal protection for incidents involving radioactive materials should be integrated into an all-hazards approach to disaster…
Detection of Nuclear Radiation Keith L. Edsall Daniel C. Keyes INTRODUCTION Ionizing radiation is not detectable by any natural means. Specific devices are necessary to detect alpha, beta, gamma, x-rays,…
Types of Radiation: Basic Theory Explained for the Nonphysicist Greene Shepherd THEORETICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND What are radiation and radioactivity? What are the immediate and long-term threats to life and…
Section C: Ricin Stephen Traub RICIN Ricin is a toxin found in castor beans, which are the seeds of the plant Ricinus communis. Ricin poisons mammalian ribosomes, that part of…
Section B: Trichothecene Mycotoxins Sophia Dyer TRICHOTHECENE MYCOTOXIN, T-2 MYCOTOXIN, “YELLOW RAIN” THEORETICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND Mycotoxins have provided many benefits for society: penicillin-based antibiotics; cyclosporine A (an important immunosuppressant…
