title: 10 Years of Preparedness by the Radiation Injury Treatment Network.
abstract: The Radiation Injury Treatment Network (RITN) began in 2006 with the ambitious vision to provide a resource to help with the surge of casualties following a mass casualty incident with marrow toxic injuries. Through the efforts of the National Marrow Donor Program and American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation with the support of the Office of Naval Research, the initial 13 hospitals and cancer centers have grown to 76, training over 13,500 hospital staff and conducted, funded, and supported 580 disaster exercises testing preparedness. After a decade, there is more to do, but much laudatory work has been accomplished.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Injury Treatment Network, National Marrow Donor Program, 500 N. 5th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55401, USA. ccase@nmdp.org.
authors.forename: Cullen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Case
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
keywords: Disaster; Emergency; Marrow toxic injuries; Preparedness; Radiological; Transplant