Medical response in a nuclear or radiological emergency

french-nuclear-safety.fr/dosimetric-references PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Phosphorous-32 ( 32P ) ▖Radioactive half-life: 14.3 d ▖Main types of radiation emitted: b- Phosphorous-33 ( 33P ) ▖Radioactive half-life: 25.6 d ▖Main types of radiation emitted: b- SOURCES OF EXPOSURE ▖32P: research laboratories ▖Nuclear medicine (therapeutic) 33 P Phosphorous 32 P Phosphorous INTERNAL CONTAMINATION MEASUREMENT J Urine bioassay J Faeces bioassay Phosphorous EMERGENCY TREATMENT Aluminium hydroxide PRESENTATION MAALOX® stomach pains, Aluminium hydroxide/Magnesium hydroxide (400 mg/400 mg). Sugar-free tablet to be chewed, sweetened with sodium saccharine, sorbitol and maltitol. DOSAGE Two tablets at a time, renewable without exceeding 12 tablets per day. IRSN-INRS radionuclide sheet: Radiation protection: radionuclides. Phosphorous-32 ( irsn.fr), Radiation protection: radionuclides. Phosphorous-33 ( irsn.fr). to find more EXPOSURE RISK ▖Irradiation 0 ▖External contamination ++ ▖Internal contamination + DOSE COEFFICIENT REFERENCE Effective committed dose per becquerel incorporated, taken from the Order mentioned in Article R. 1333-24 of the Public Health Code: RADIONUCLIDE HANDBOOK • Emergency treatment of internal contamination RH 35

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