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comment prévenir le choléra et les décès dans vos communautés. Ces diapositives et modules comprennent des informations sur les sujets suivants :
• Introduction et engagement de la communauté
• Ce qu’il faut savoir sur le choléra
• Les soins des personnes souffrant de diarrhée pen
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dant une épidémie de choléra
• Le lavage des mains
• Les sels de réhydratation orale (SRO)
• Eau potable—Aquatabs®
• Eau potable—Dlo Lavi
• Eau potable—PuR®
• Stockage d’eau potable
• Préparation sécuritaire des aliments
• Assainissement et nettoyage sécuritaires
• Gestion des corps des victimes du choléra décédés chez eux
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Radiation emergencies may be intentional (e.g., caused by terrorists) or unintentional. CDC provides some examples of different types of radiation emergencies and information what to do if a radiati
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on emergency happens in your area.
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Are you prepared? If a disaster strikes in your community, you might not have access to food, water, or electricity for several days. Preparing an emergency kit for your family is an important step
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in keeping them safe and healthy during an emergency.
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After a radiation emergency, pregnant women should follow instructions from emergency officials and seek medical attention as soon as emergency officials say it is safe to do so.
This infographic contains information about external contamination, internal contamination and radiation exposure.
This pocket guide is designed for clinicians, including physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals, who will provide emergency care following a radiological event. It should be
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used as a supplement to training and practice drills. (Prints on 8½" x 14" paper)
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A brief, 17-minute video covering key radiation principles and radiological procedures. Includes demonstrations on application of these principles and procedures in several patient care scenarios in
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an emergency services setting.
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Detonation of a nuclear weapon or activation of a radiological dispersal device could cause radioactively contaminated decedents. These guidelines are designed to address both of these scenarios. They could also be applicable in other instances where decedents’ bodies are contaminated with radioa
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ctive material (e.g. reactor accidents, transportation accidents involving radioactive material, or
the discharge of a decedent from a hospital after injection or implantation of a radiopharmaceutical). These guidelines suggest ways for medical examiners, coroners, and morticians to deal with loose surface contamination, internal contamination, or shrapnel on or in decedents’ bodies.
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The purpose of this training is to prepare clinicians in first receiver settings to: (1) Identify factors impacting immediate medical response to mass casualties following major types of radiological incidents, and (2) Demonstrate appropriate patien
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t assessment, triage, treatment and disposition decision-making required during a radiological mass casualty incident.
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This clinical job aid provides health care workers with information on how to collect specimens for early infant diagnosis on dried blood spots, as well as drying and packaging
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for transport.
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