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Manage Radiation Burns Situation Make Patient Decontaminated Debris

Front How should you manage radiation burns?
Back In this situation, make sure the patient is decontaminated (ie no debris); irrigate open wounds; antidotes may help bind an isotopem enhance its elimination from the body, or reduce the toxic effects on other organs.

Tags: 24, injuries, soft-tissue

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