Medical Response to Nuclear and Radiological Events

Presenter

Cham Dallas, PhD, is a professor at the Medical College of Georgia, University of Georgia, and Emory School of Public Health, as well as Director of the Center for Mass Destruction Defense, a CDC Center in Public Health Preparedness at the University of Georgia. He earned his doctoral degree in toxicology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He has extensive experience in toxicology and issues regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD), including a decade of research, teaching, and humanitarian efforts in Chernobyl-contaminated areas. He has is the author of numerous scientific publications in toxicology, and is the senior editor for the Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) curricula and book, which has been selected by the American Medical Association (AMA) as the national standard for medical training for responding to the use of WMD within the United States. Dr. Dallas serves as a founding member of the AMA National Disaster Life Support Committee, which distributes medical WMD training in schools of higher education throughout the United States. As an international expert, Dr. Dallas addressed the United Nations in 1996 and 2006 on lessons learned from the Chernobyl nuclear accident to better prepare for the use of nuclear weapons by terrorists. He also was featured in a CNN documentary about his research on the devastating medical and environmental effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

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Description

This online, interactive session will outline the injuries and treatment strategies for nuclear and radiological events that clinical and public health providers should be familiar with. The presentation will cover events most likely to be seen in the next decade, and the current consensus on medical treatment of mass casualties through nuclear weapon use.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session participants will be able to:

• Review specific issues related to nuclear and radiological events
• Discuss the application of the DISASTER paradigm to all aspects of nuclear and radiological events
• Describe types of injuries involved in a nuclear disaster and possible treatment

Appropriate Audience

This session would be appropriate for the following audiences:

• Clinical and public health providers
• Physicians, nurses, emergency medical technicians, physician assistants, paramedics
• Hospital administrators, emergency managers
• Public health administrators, infectious disease control (related to long-term burn care)

Slides and Related Resources

Cham Dallas's slides

Session Archive

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