Off-site Medical Response in Nuclear Emergencies Organised by Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Croatia

摘要

Throughout more than fifteen years of contracted service to the NPP Krsko (now in the Republic ofSlovenia, but only 20 miles from Zagreb), the Emergency Medical Centre for Radiation Medicine and Protectionat the Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb developed to a modern centre, unique in this part of Europe. It is wellequipped with special and dedicated instrumentation and a small, especially built hospital separation ward forpossible worst case patients. There are emergency plans and written procedures for treatment of personsaccidentally injured in a nuclear power plant or similar accident. The qualified teams (on call 24 hours a day, 7days a week) organise frequent exercises and, at least, once per year a joint exercise with the appropriatepersonnel of the NPP and their local Medical Centre. In order to raise the knowledge of medical doctors inradiation protection and emergency actions, in collaboration with the Medical School of the University ofZagreb, Specialised Postgraduate Courses were initiated. Also, under the auspices of the IAEA, the Centreorganized two Training Courses on Medical Emergencies in Radiation Accidents.