CBRN incidents: clinical management and health protection (v3.0 April 2008) radiation pages provide advice and information about ionising radiation and Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)Radiation incidents (PDF, 44 KB)

For further radiological guidance and information click on appropriate links below:

• Radiation Action Card (PDF, 67 KB)  (PDF, 67KB): A concise guide or aide memoire developed for use by on-call or public health staff faced with a radiation emergency (August 2010)
• High Dose Radiation Effects and Tissue Injury report of the independent Advisory Group on Ionising Radiation (AGIR) March 2009

• Graph showing patient prognosis after a radiation incident based on early lymphocyte counts (PDF, 129 KB)
  Prognosis based on early lymphocyte counts - adapted from 'Personnel dosimetry for radiation accidents IAEA 1965'
  Added/updated: 27 June 2011
  
• Prodromal phase of Acute Radiation Syndrome: Clinical features relating to dose (PDF, 85 KB)
  Onset and incidence of symptoms by dose exposure with appropriate medical response - adapted from 'Diagnosis and treatment of radiation injuries' IAEA 1998 (August 2007 - Reviewed: June 2010)
  Added/updated: 20 June 2011