BOOSTER: Development of a Toolbox for Triage of Large Groups of Individuals Exposed to Radioactive Material
Year: 2014
Type: article
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 mitigate 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.
Authors: 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, Arpad Vincze
Institutions: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Laboratoire d'Intégration des Systèmes et des Technologies, HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Orano (France), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Universitat Politècnica de València, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, CEA Paris-Saclay - Etablissement de Fontenay-aux-roses, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Institut de Radiobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Greek Atomic Energy Commission
Language: English
Subfield: Pollution
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: European Commission
OpenAlex ID: W2094091652