CASUALTIES FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS. IV. APPENDICES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. A MANUAL FOR EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES, CANADA

Journal Article · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1963 · Med. Serv. J. (Can.)

OSTI ID:4039879

Pace, F C; Waters, W R

Appendices are provided on the following aspects of civil defense: nuclear detonation and fallout reporting system; advantages and disadvantages of the indoor location under nuclear attack; operational control of radiation exposure levels in civil defense operations; a classification of existing hospital locations outside target areas in relation to probable radiation dosages after an attack on North America; radiation detection instrumerts; levels of contamination; protection against the contact hazard by personal cleansing; protection against the contact hazard by clothing; management of clothing and other fabrics contaminated by radioactive fallout; contamination of drinking water by radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons (rules for survey and management); contamination of human food stocks by radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons (rules for survey and management); contamination control for drugs and material medica; management of vehicles contaminated by radioactive fallout; tables for use in the solving of problems related to dose rates and dosages of fallout gamma radiation; the calculator Radiac No. 1; data for high- yield weapons; and reduction of fallout radiation hazards in health installations. Problems pertinent to these topics are outlined, extensively discussed, and recommendations made for extending knowledge in certain areas where present data are incomplete. A bibliography citing 40 monographs, symposia, and selected articles on civil defense is also provided. The Radiac Calculator, which is described and illustrated, is a simple, circular slide rule designed to solve various problems connected with the dose or doserates resulting from mixed fission products. Extensive information for use in improving shielding of hospitals and other aid facilities is given. Protective characteristics of various building materials are compared. A method of comparing the attenuating capacity of different types of materials used in buildings, so that the sum of their effects may be expressed as a single figure, is described. The unit employed for this purpose is the mass thickness, which for a wall or roof is the sum of the mass thickness of each of the components. The mass thickness is given for various material as the wt per sq ft. Various aspects of the protective qualities of a building are considered, and application of these principles to a 50-bed hospital is analyzed in detail. (BBB)

• Research Organization: Dept. of National Health and Welfare, Ottawa
• NSA Number: NSA-18-018093
• OSTI ID: 4039879
• Journal Information: Med. Serv. J. (Can.), Vol. Vol: 19; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-64
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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CONTROL
DECONTAMINATION
DRUGS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
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