Radiation Injuries - Information Resources
As Japan struggles to cope with the effects of last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami, the threat of a nuclear event looms. For those affected by the disaster, the National Library of Medicine has activated an Emergency Access Initiative which will give affected health care professionals and libraries free access to full-text articles from 230+ biomedical journals and more than 65 reference books and online databases.
If you are interested in learning more about management of radiation injuries, disaster medicine, or public health response, the USHHS's Radiation Emergency Medical Management is a good place to start for guidance on diagnosis and treatment for health care providers. Additional information is availabe from the following resources in Himmelfarb Library's collection:
Radiation Injuries
- Catlett, C.L. & Baker Rogers, J.D. (2011). Chapter 11. Radiation Injuries. In Tintinalli J.E., Stapczynski J.S., Cline D.M., Ma O.J., Cydulka R.K., Meckler G.D. (Eds.), Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide (7e edition). Retrieved from http://www.accessmedicine.com/content.aspx?aID=6349139.
- Colwell, C.B. & Markovchick, V. (2011). CHAPTER 144 - Radiation Injuries. In Marx, J.A. (Eds.), Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (7th edition). Retrieved from http://www.mdconsult.com/books/page.do?eid=4-u1.0-B978-0-323-05472-0..00144-4&isbn=978-0-323-05472-0&type=bookPage§ionEid=4-u1.0-B978-0-323-05472-0..00144-4&uniqId=237394533-3#4-u1.0-B978-0-323-05472-0..00144-4.
- Suyama, J. (2010). Chapter 352 Radiation Injuries. In Wolfson, A.B. (Ed.) Harwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine (5th ed.). Retrieved from http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=booktext&D=books2&AN=01429412/5th_Edition/7&XPATH=/OVIDBOOK%5b1%5d/TXTBKBD%5b1%5d/DIVISIONA%5b24%5d/DIVISIONB%5b1%5d/CHAPTER%5b9%5d.
- Jaworska, A. (2009). Types of radiation mass casualties and their management. Annali Dell'Istituto Superiore Di Sanita, 45(3), 246-250.
- Waselenko, J. K., MacVittie, T. J., Blakely, W. F., Pesik, N., Wiley, A. L., Dickerson, W. E. Strategic National Stockpile Radiation Working Group. (2004). Medical management of the acute radiation syndrome: Recommendations of the strategic national stockpile radiation working group. Annals of Internal Medicine, 140(12), 1037-1051.
Disaster Medicine
- Hogan, D. (2007) Disaster Medicine (2nd. Ed.). Retrieved from http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&CSC=Y&NEWS=N&PAGE=booktext&D=books1&AN=01279701/2nd_Edition/3&XPATH=/OVIDBOOK%5b1%5d/METADATA%5b1%5d/TBY%5b1%5d/EDITORS%5b1%5d.
- Manthous, C. A., & Jackson, W. L.,Jr. (2007). The 9-11 commission's invitation to imagine: A pathophysiology-based approach to critical care of nuclear explosion victims. Critical Care Medicine, 35(3), 716-723. doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000257328.31668.22
Public Health
- Wolbarst, A. B., Wiley, A. L.,Jr, Nemhauser, J. B., Christensen, D. M., & Hendee, W. R. (2010). Medical response to a major radiologic emergency: A primer for medical and public health practitioners. Radiology, 254(3), 660-677. doi:10.1148/radiol.09090330
- Landesman, L. Y. (2005). Public health management of disasters : The practice guide (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: American Public Health Association. Himmelfarb Library Reserve & Stacks RA645.9 .L36 2005
