128: Radiation Exposure in Emergency Physicians Working in an Urban Emergency Department: A Prospective Cohort Study

Abstract

The National Council on Radiation Protection (NCRP) has established limits on health care associated occupational exposures to radiation of 5000 mrem/year. While prior studies suggest that emergency physicians were not exposed over this limit, their relevance to contemporary practice is unknown. Due to increased radiographic imaging in the emergency department (ED), we hypothesized that resident and attending emergency physicians are currently exposed to radiation levels above the acceptable limits for health care workers.