Citation

Ziegler A. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 2016; 171(1): 121-123.

Affiliation

Vienna Ambulance Service, Radetzkystr. 1, Vienna 1030, Austria andreas.ziegler.az1@wien.gv.at.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/rpd/ncw210

PMID

27574320

Abstract

The focus of nuclear emergency planning in Austria has been so far on mitigating effects of widespread contamination (e.g. after NPP accidents); however, these plans did not contain provisions on the medical management of an acute radiation syndrome. To close this gap, a 'Medical Radiation Emergency Plan' was created in 2009 and 2011. This paper describes the development of this plan (including the selection of consulted guidance) as well as its structure and main propositions and closes with an outlook on probable enhancements for the second edition.

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Language: en