Training Resources: Management of potentially radioactively contaminated patients
During 2005 the Department of Health is making available new monitoring equipment to ambulance services, accident and emergency departments, and NHS walk-in centres in England.
Accident and emergency departments and NHS walk-in centres are receiving combined dose-rate / contamination monitors (RAM GENE-1 monitors). These devices may be used to screen casualties for radioactive contaminants, to reassure clinical staff that they are working in safe conditions, and to demonstrate that adequate decontamination of a patient has taken place before a patient is released from the A&E department.
The materials and links contained on this page are presented to support this initiative.
RAM-GENE 1 monitor
A&E / NHS walk-in centre training materials:
HPA training slide set and speaker's notes: (to download, right-click on the link and choose Save Target As)
Introduction (PowerPoint Presentation, 144 KB)- Physics of ionising radiation (PowerPoint Presentation, 1 MB)
Physics of ionising radiation (PDF, 531 KB)
Same presentation as PDF- How to monitor for radioactive materials (PowerPoint Presentation, 2.4 MB)
- Managing the radioactively contaminated patient (PowerPoint Presentation, 382 KB)
RAM GENE-1standard operating procedures for A&E departments (produced by DH/HPA):
- Changing the battery (PDF, 71 KB)
- Checking the instrument (PDF, 62 KB)
- Managing a potentially contaminated patient (PDF, 135 KB)
- HPA RAM GENE-1 maintenance record (PDF, 91 KB)
- Radioactive contamination / decontamination recording form v1.0 (PDF, 138 KB)
- Training record form for use by NHS training department staff (PDF, 96 KB)
Useful web sites:
Useful publications available to download from the internet: