This module is one of six intended to provide you with a basic awareness of the major emergency-preparedness issues that you, as a hospital clinician, need to be familiar with. This module focuses on radiological incidents, providing an overview of key issues and highlighting some of the ways in which your expertise may be called upon during a radiological emergency.

Before exploring this module, we recommend that you first complete Module 1, Emergency Preparedness: The Basics. That module provides detailed information on the context in which you and your facility will be operating in any kind of mass casualty scenario. In Module 1, you will learn about the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS), your potential role in an emergency, protocols that you will be expected to follow in an emergency, and other core information that sets the stage for the other five modules, including this one.