What's New on REMM? - Radiation Emergency Medical Management

What's New on REMM? - Radiation Emergency Medical Management

What's New on REMM?

December, 2019

• Major update to the REMM burn page, written in collaboration with physician leaders of the American Burn Association
• Many updates to the REMM Multimedia Library shown on the home page.
• Link to 10 newly published official videos which are teaching companions for the US interagency monograph "Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Response Guidance, Planning for the first 100 Minutes"
• Updates to REMM’s list of books, handbooks and pamphlets about radiation incidents.
  • Extensive updates to military textbooks about radiation incidents
  • Links to an important online text book about radiation biology and acute and chronic radiation effects from the NIH/NIAID radiation medical countermeasures research consortium
  • Updates to handbooks
  • Updates to pamphlets
• Updates to illustrations about radiation incident timelines
• Updates to the REMM Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) page
• New links to guidance documents from WHO and Public Health England on drinking water and food safety were added to the Monitoring Radionuclides in Drinking Water and Food page.
• Many updates to the REMM Software Tools page
• Updated links to the many DOE/ORISE/REAC/TS resources
  • These include a new video on "Ground and Air Medical Transport of Radiologically Contaminated Patients" which was also added to the Transportation Incidents Involving Radiation page and the REMM Multimedia Library
• Updates to the REMM Myeloid Cytokine References
• Updates to the REMM Resilience and Recovery page
• Updates to the REMM Training page with updated links to available courses
• On the REMM page about Screening People for Contamination, there is now a link to a new document about Guidance for Traveler Screening at Ports of Entry Following an International Radiological Incident (CDC/NARR)
• Link to the new Implementation Guidance for Emergency Response Dosimetry NCRP Commentary No. 28 which is a companion to NCRP Report No. 179
• Updates to REMM Radiation Detection and Survey Devices page.
• Updates to references on the Veterinarians page
• Updates to the Public Information Officers page
• Updates to information about the new category of radiation incident responder: the Radiological Operations Support Specialist (ROSS)
• Link to new peer-reviewed article about proposal to establish a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) Science and the CBRNE Science Medical Operations Science Support Expert (CMOSSE)
• Updated links on the REMM page about pediatric patient management
  • From the American Academy of Pediatrics
    • Linet et al. Pediatric Considerations Before, During, and After Radiological or Nuclear Emergencies. Technical Report
    • Paulson et al. Pediatric Considerations Before, During, and After Radiological or Nuclear Emergencies. Policy Statement
  • See Other Sources
    • Gardner et al. Medical Countermeasures for Children in Radiation and Nuclear Disasters: Current Capabilities and Key Gaps
• Updates to references on the REMM transfusion guidelines page
• Updates to the Biodosimetry References list
• Updates to references about Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS)
  • On the Summary about ARS page
  • On the ARS medical management references

Mobile REMM

• The REMM Team is currently updating Mobile REMM. We expect it be released soon.