Emergency Preparedness and Response Training Resources

The Department of Health have made available monitoring equipment to be used to screen casualties for radioactive contaminants.

Ambulance services, accident and emergency departments and NHS walk-in centres are receiving combined dose-rate / contamination monitors (RAM GENE-1 monitors).

The HPA has produced resources to train staff to use these devices:
Training materials for staff in NHS Accident and Emergency departments (Management of potentially radioactively contaminated patients).