A reflection on medical treatment of radionuclide-contaminated wounds during medical response to nuclear emergencies
10.13491/j.issn.1004-714X.2023.04.007
- VernacularTitle:核应急医学救援中放射性核素污染伤口的医学处理思考
- Author:
Xiaofan LYU
1
;
Binghui LU
1
;
Xinze RAN
1
;
Junping WANG
1
;
Tao WANG
1
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Department of Anti-radiation Medicine, Institute of Combined Injury, School of Preventive Military Medicine, Army Medical University (Third Military Medical University), Chongqing 400038 China.
- Publication Type:OriginalArticles
- Keywords:
Radionuclide-contaminated wound;
Medical response to nuclear emergency;
Internal contamination with radionuclides;
Surgical debridement;
Decorporation therapy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Radiological Health
2023;32(4):402-407
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Radionuclide-contaminated wounds are common in medical response to nuclear emergencies, which have different manifestations in different types of accidents. Medical treatment is the key part of the response. Based on the drill experience gained from medical response to nuclear emergencies, the authors summarize the research advances in radionuclide-contaminated wounds in recent years, mainly involving the biokinetic characteristics, medical response, surgical debridement, and prevention and treatment of internal contamination of radionuclide-contaminated wounds; the authors summarize the key points of technical operations and provide suggestions on improvements in the drills. The authors believe that medical treatment of radionuclide-contaminated wounds requires highly compatible integration of the practical skills from clinical medicine and radiological knowledge; emergency response, surgical debridement, and prevention and treatment of internal contamination all together constitute an integrated rescue and treatment strategy with internal logic correlations. However, targeted improvements are needed to achieve desired effects in the drills.
