1. BOOSTER: Development of a Toolbox for<newline/> Triage of Large Groups of Individuals <newline/>Exposed to Radioactive Material
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Vincent Schoepff, Istvan Almasi, Khalil Amgarou, Frank Becker, Frederick Carrel, Federico Carvajal, David C. Gaboriau, Mehdi Gmar, Andras Kelemen, Andras Kovacs, Eva Kovacs-Szeles, Hermine Lemaire, Nabil Menaa, David Mesterhazy, Luc Morat, Ciaran G. Morrison, Israel Perez-llopis, Wolfgang Raskob, Marie-France Robbe, Sandor Szabo, Isabelle Testard, Dmytro Trybushnyi, Nicolas Ugolin, Muriel Viau, and Arpad Vincze
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0303 health sciences ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Decision support system ,Engineering ,Booster (rocketry) ,business.industry ,Event (computing) ,Crisis management ,Triage ,Toolbox ,3. Good health ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nuclear Energy and Engineering ,Risk analysis (engineering) ,Radiological weapon ,Forensic engineering ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,European union ,business ,030304 developmental biology ,media_common - Abstract
The effective management of an event involving the exposure of a large number of people to radioactive material requires a mechanism for fast triage of exposed people. BOOSTER is a project founded by the European Union under the Seventh Framework Programme, addressing this requirement. It is a capability project designed to provide an integrated system which could easily be deployed and used. For this purpose, the BOOSTER consortium, relying on the expertise of seven members, researches and develops new approaches to allow an effective and fast management of most kind of nuclear threats. BOOSTER System was designed to help first responders mitigating the crisis by providing the necessary information to quickly assess the radiological situation, to support triage staff in performing an efficient and fast categorization of the potentially affected victims, and to give medical staff crucial information for further treatment at medium or long term post-accident.
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- 2014
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