title: Resources for toxicologic and radiologic information and assistance.
abstract: Most approaches toward chemical and radiological/nuclear (CRN) incidents focus on the clinical skills of the first receiver. These skills are certainly important and are addressed throughout this article. Management skills are often overlooked. The following are basic competencies in information management for the emergency medicine physician to handle large-scale CRN incidents: planning information; incident management information; toxicant management; disposition/definitive care management; and recovery management. Information management and synthesis are crucial throughout the phases of the disaster cycle: planning, response, mitigation, and recovery.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Defense Program, Health Threats Resilience Division, Office of Health Affairs, US Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, SW, Mailstop: 0315, Washington, DC 20528, USA.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.affiliation: U.S. DOE, Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, ORISE, ORAU, PO Box 117, MS 39, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA. Electronic address: carol.iddins@orau.org.
authors.forename: Carol J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Iddins
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D017751:Safety Management
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances
keywords: Chemical; Competencies; Nuclear detonation; Radiological; Resources; Risk assessment