Emergency response to nuclear, biological and chemical incidents: challenges and countermeasures

Hai-Long Li; Wen-Jun Tang; Ya-Kun Ma; Ji-Min Jia; Rong-Li Dang; Er-Chen Qiu

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Emergency response to nuclear, biological and chemical incidents: challenges and countermeasures

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- Emergency response to nuclear, biological and chemical incidents: challenges and countermeasures
- Military Medical Research Vol. 2, Issue 1, Pages: 18-20(2015)
- Affiliations：
  
  State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, and Laboratory of Toxicant Analysis, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
- Author bio：
  
  *: Lei Guo, Email: guolei@bmi.ac.cn;
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- Published：2015-03
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Hai-Long Li, Wen-Jun Tang, Ya-Kun Ma, et al. Emergency response to nuclear, biological and chemical incidents: challenges and countermeasures[J]. Military Medical Research, 2015, 2(1): 18-20.
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Hai-Long Li, Wen-Jun Tang, Ya-Kun Ma, et al. Emergency response to nuclear, biological and chemical incidents: challenges and countermeasures[J]. Military Medical Research, 2015, 2(1): 18-20. DOI：

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Abstract

Given the multiple terrorist attacks that have occurred in recent years in China

medical rescue teams and specialized incident assessment teams have been established by the government; however

medical rescue after nuclear

biological

and chemical incidents remains challenging and is often inefficient. In the present article

problems were analyzed regarding the assessment of responder countermeasures

training of professionals and the management of emergency medical incidents related to nuclear

biological and chemical attacks. Countermeasures

the establishment of response coordination

public education

practical training and exercise

and a professional consultant team or system should be the focus of emergency medical response facilities. Moreover

the government was offered professionals who are involved in managing nuclear

biological and chemical incidents.

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