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- FIGURE 1.
Participation of responders from different cities.
- FIGURE 2.
Number of educational courses taken by medical responders on nuclear or radiological management of patients.
- FIGURE 3.
Level of knowledge of medical responders on nuclear or radiological decontamination (decon).
- FIGURE 4.
Level of knowledge of medical responders on types of injuries after nuclear or radiological incidents.
- FIGURE 5.
Level of knowledge of medical responders on risks of self-contamination while handling contaminated patients.
- FIGURE 6.
Level of confidence among medical responders in handling nuclear or radiological contaminated patients.
- FIGURE 7.
Ranking of disasters with respect to difficulty in handling by medical responders.
Tables
Responder characteristic Finding Field Medical Level of education Fairly good Courses attended on nuclear medicine/radiology Only a few Practical knowledge Not good Level of knowledge on decontamination Reasonably good Level of knowledge on types of injuries Fairly good Level of knowledge on self-contamination Satisfactory Experience level None Confidence level Good Level of preparedness Not good Risk assessment Nuclear disaster as most disastrous in nature Knowledge about response agencies in Pakistan Good Main first responder agency in Pakistan Military Semistructured interviews NDMA More emphasis on handling natural disasters Rescue 1122 Emergency Service Emphasis on conventional emergency services NHEPRN Not ready to handle health impact of nuclear disaster
