Allocation of Scarce Resources (Altered Standards of Care):

• Allocation of Scarce Resources (exit DHS)

• Additional Information

  • Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations: A Letter Report (PDF, 1.4 MB)

Palliative Care:

• Guidelines for Palliative Care in a Disaster (Word, 63 KB)
• Palliative Care in a Disaster (PDF, 138 KB)
• Palliative Care in a Disaster Presentation, March 2009 (23 minutes 44 seconds) (Webcast, help)
• Guidelines on the Care of the Dying, Death Reporting Requirements and the Removal and Disposition of the Body (Word, 240 KB)
• Caring for Those Who Care: The Role of the Occupational Health Nurse in Disaster Incidents (PDF, 94 KB)

Radiation Incidents:

• Radiological Incident Preparedness for Community Hospitals 4-1-11 webcast  (57 minutes 46 seconds) (Webcast, help) 
• Radiological Incident Preparedness For Community Hospitals: a Demonstration Project (PDF, 2.2 MB)
• The Management of Patients in a Radiological Incident (Word, 2.3 MB)

• Gundersen Lutheran Health System: Demonstration Project Resources

  • Standard Operating Procedures (Word, 110 KB)
  • Radiation Emergencies: Acute Radiation Syndrome: A Fact Sheet for Physicians (PDF, 203 KB)
  • Operational Radiation Safety (PDF, 1.2 MB)
  • Decorporation Agents for Internal Contamination (PDF, 17 KB)
  • Questions and Suggested Answers in a Radiological Emergency (Word, 40 KB)
  • Using the Ludlum Model 3 Survey Meter (PDF, 30 KB)
  • Job Action Cards - Radiological Incident (Word, 317 KB)
  • Radiation Decontamination Team PPE Poster (PDF, 402 KB)
  • Radiation Incident Decontamination Equipment List (PDF, 12 KB)
  • Quarterly Checklist - Radiation Decontamination Checklist (Excel, 25 KB)
  • Radiation Emergency Assistance Center / Training Site (REAC/TS) (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Additional Resources:
• Manual for First Responders to a Radiological Incident (PDF, 2.8 MB)

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