Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2006 Annual Report

Radiation Emergency Medicine
Programs
“With 30 years’ experience training and managing for the
medical response to radiation emergencies worldwide, our
team of radiation medicine physician specialists, nurses,
paramedics, and health physicists help strengthen national
and global preparedness to respond to terrorist threats and
mass exposure incidents involving radiation.”
Albert Wiley, director of Radiation Emergency Medicine
Programs and the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/
Training Site (REAC/TS)
In the event of a nuclear
incident, first responders
as well as hospital and
emergency management
personnel need the
knowledge and training
to quickly manage and
support the medical aspects
of human exposure to
radiation. Through practical,
hands-on training programs
as well as a dedicated,
24/7 deployable team
of physicians, nurses,
and health physicists,
ORAU has increased the
global knowledge base
and training necessary
to provide appropriate
and qualified medical
management of radiological
incidents anywhere in the
world.
2006 Accomplishments:
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• Provided continuing hands-on medical education
courses for more than 1,000 people at 20 different
locations worldwide
• Conducted 14 on-site, hands-on education
courses at the Radiation Emergency Assistance
Center/Training Site (REAC/TS) headquarters
in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, including instruction on
pre-hospital radiation emergency preparedness,
radiation emergency medicine, and health physics
in radiation emergencies, among others
• Reestablished a cytogenetic biodosimetry
laboratory at REAC/TS, one of only two
federally funded labs of its kind in the country
Key Facts:
• Provide 24/7 response to incidents involving
radiation anywhere in the world
• Serve as one of only two WHO Collaborating
Centers in the United States
• Serve as one of only 13 Collaborating Centers
worldwide that comprise WHO’s Radiation
Emergency Medical Preparedness and Assistance
Network
• Accredited by the Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education to provide
continuing medical education for physicians;
other courses accredited by the American College
of Emergency Physicians and the American
Academy of Health Physics
Key Customers:
• U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE)
-National Nuclear
Security Administration
(NNSA)
-Office of Health,
Safety and Security
• U.S. Department of
Health and Human
Services (DHHS)
• World Health
Organization (WHO)
Contact Information:
• National
Aeronautics and
Space Administration
(NASA)
• International Atomic
Energy Agency
(IAEA)
Radiation Emergency Medicine Programs–REAC/TS
(865) 576-3131
reacts@orau.gov
www.orau.org/busops/rem
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