title: [Emergency measures in accidental exposure to ionizing radiation].
abstract: The present paper is intended to provide any physician with a basic information and recommendations on how to behave with individuals who have been irradiated and/or contaminated (or believed to have been exposed), either in the case of a broad nuclear accident or a limited accidental exposure (e.g. occupational). Emphasis is put on the emergency measures to be taken as well as on their relative priority. Information is also provided in order to allow any physician to assess the magnitude and the severity of the exposure on the basis of early clinical symptoms and reactions. This would enable him to sort out the patients and to orientate them towards the appropriate specialized centre, or on the other hand, to reassure the patients. The information and recommendations are presented, purposely, in a concise and schematic way in order to facilitate, when needed, a quick and easy reading.
authors.affiliation: Service de Protection contre les Radiations Ionisantes, Ministères de la Santé publique et de l'Environnement, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Smeesters
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frühling
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wambersie
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Mesures d'urgence en cas d'expositions accidentelles aux rayonnement ionisants.