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How to Prepare A General Hospital Emergency Ward to Admit Nuclear Casualties

In recent years, with raised possibility of terrorist activities in general, the likelihood of nuclear terrorism has also increased. As well, there is a potential of nuclear weapons which could be used through wars in different ways. Considering specifications of terrorist activities and nuclear weapons, the threat is no longer restricted to the battlefields, and therefore metropolitan areas are at a definite risk too. After such incidents, there will be a great number of radiation-exposed or contaminated casualties. In respect to limited military hospital resources, these patients cannot be handled appropriately without contribution of other nonmilitary hospitals and healthcare facilities. Preparation of the emergency ward of a general hospital should be done in a specific order, so that during management of casualties, there would be minimal risk of spreading of nuclear contamination into the hospital environment, and also minimal threat to the health of the caregivers.