Citation

Case C, Coleman CN, Bader JL, Hick J, Hanfling D. Health Phys. 2018; 114(2): 165-172.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Health Physics Society, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/HP.0000000000000759

PMID

30086007

Abstract

All large-scale emergencies and disaster incidents, including the detonation of an improvised nuclear device (IND), have life and death medical consequences. Responders must have realistic plans to save lives and reduce physical and psychological morbidity. Fifteen years after 9/11, considerable progress toward developing and implementing such plans has been made, but gaps in the management of response to an IND loom large. Another paper in this series reviewed gaps for first responders; this paper reviews gaps for first receivers and public health. Closing gaps requires the implementation of complex systems including.

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