Prevention and Decontamination of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Contaminants for the Emergency Medical Personnel during Ambulance Services

Abstract

The first role and responsibility of emergency ambulance service is to provide a resource to save and serve the patient with the highest quality of care. Second, ambulance services are an option to temporarily provide treatment for an injured or exposed patient while removing decontamination. Lastly, rescue the exposed and or injured patient in the most suitable mode of transportation. These roles are all necessary to maintain a high level of confidence in ambulance practices while adhering to proper protocol transfer for a contaminated patient. Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense (often abbreviated as CBRN defense or CBRND) is the term for protective measures taken in situations in which any of these four hazards are present. To account for improvised devices, the term CBRNe (e for explosives) is also used. CBRN defense consists of CBRN passive protection, contamination avoidance and CBRN mitigation [1]. Hanyang Med Rev 2015;35:146-151 http://dx.doi.org/10.7599/hmr.2015.35.3.146