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Emergency Department Preparedness for Radiation Emergencies in the Philadelphia Area

The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks reaffirmed the urgent need to have disaster plans in place. Hospital plans typically address natural, biological, chemical, explosive, and to a lesser extent radiological disasters. It is imperative for emergency physicians to recognize radiological disasters as a potential threat and possess a working knowledge of the standard evaluation and treatment of radiation emergencies. The US Department of Homeland Security now includes radiation disaster training in their Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program,2 but hospital preparedness for radiation disasters remains poor. Hsu et al3 noted in a 2007 report that hospitals prepare the least for radiation emergencies among all types of disaster threats.