Evaluating the Special Needs of The Military for Radiation Biodosimetry for Tactical Warfare Against Deployed Troops

作者：Ann Barry Flood, Arif N. Ali, Holly K. Boyle, Gaixin Du, Victoria A. Satinsky, Steven G Swarts, Benjamin B. Williams, Eugene Demidenko, Wilson Schreiber, Harold M. Swartz · 发表于：Health Physics · 年份：2016 · DOI：10.1097/hp.0000000000000538 · 被引用次数：24 · 研究领域：Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry、Nuclear Issues and Defense、Radiation Effects and Dosimetry

The aim of this paper is to delineate characteristics of biodosimetry most suitable for assessing individuals who have potentially been exposed to significant radiation from a nuclear device explosion when the primary population targeted by the explosion and needing rapid assessment for triage is civilians vs. deployed military personnel. The authors first carry out a systematic analysis of the requirements for biodosimetry to meet the military's needs to assess deployed troops in a warfare situation, which include accomplishing the military mission. Then the military's special capabilities to respond and carry out biodosimetry for deployed troops in warfare are compared and contrasted systematically, in contrast to those available to respond and conduct biodosimetry for civilians who have been targeted by terrorists, for example. Then the effectiveness of different biodosimetry methods to address military vs. civilian needs and capabilities in these scenarios was compared and, using five representative types of biodosimetry with sufficient published data to be useful for the simulations, the number of individuals are estimated who could be assessed by military vs. civilian responders within the timeframe needed for triage decisions. Analyses based on these scenarios indicate that, in comparison to responses for a civilian population, a wartime military response for deployed troops has both more complex requirements for and greater capabilities to use different types of biodo...