About this Playbook			Background Information			Action Steps
	Additional Information Sources			Manuscript List			Acronyms

Casualties from a nuclear detonation result from blast, heat (thermal energy), and ionizing radiation.  Rescue efforts after a nuclear detonation will be complex due to potentially high radiation levels, severe infrastructural damage, the number and severity of causalities, and the inaccessibility of many victims at least initially.

 

A summary of the key principles of the medical and public health response of the nuclear detonation are found in the State and Local planners Playbook. This is a living document that will be updated periodically on this website. Users are encouraged to submit comments through the website and to join the REMM ListServ to receive notice of important changes to the Playbook and the REMM website.

	About This Playbook

This State and Local planners Playbook is a resource developed by non-government and government subject matter experts from the Nuclear Detonation Scarce Resources Working Group. It is not a "must follow" structured road-map. It is offerred as a guide to assist State, regional, local, tribal, and territorial medical and public health planners and other subject matter experts preparing their venues for a nuclear detonation.

	Background Information
	Summary descriptions of important capabilities, organizational concepts, and anticipated operations.

Concept of Operations using Damage Zones Number and Spectrum of Injuries Decontamination Response Worker Safety Triage Scarce Medical Resources and Standards of Care	Organization of Medical Response RTR Response Organization System Summary of Anticipated Operations Intent of Operations  Response Considerations  Organization of Playbook

	Action Steps
	Detailed time-phased, sector-oriented approaches to response activities with linked references.

 

 

	Additional Information Sources
	Links to references, resources, and guidance with more in depth information to assist preparedness and response.
	Nuclear Detonation Scarce Resources Working Group - Manuscript List
	Bibliography of peer-reviewed publications from March 2011 providing detailed information about the medical and public health issues related to planning for and responding to a nuclear detonation.
	Acronyms

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