RT Book, Section A1 Blumen, Ira J. A1 Babcock, Christine A. A2 Schafermeyer, Robert A2 Tenenbein, Milton A2 Macias, Charles G. A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 Yamamoto, Loren G. SR Print(0) ID 1105688102 T1 Radiation Emergencies T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-182926-7 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105688102 RD 2024/10/13 AB Ionizing radiation is more dangerous than nonionizing radiation because such reactions lead to breaks in both DNA and RNA.There are two categories of radiation injuries with which the emergency physician should be familiar: Exposure injury, which generally represents no threat to emergency care providers.Contamination, which may represent a risk to emergency personnel.Acute radiation syndrome may develop following a whole-body exposure of 100 rad or more that occurs over a relatively short period of time.Total-body irradiation with >1000 rad results in a neurovascular syndrome.In the presence of contamination, if the patient's condition permits, decontamination should begin in the prehospital setting.