Web-based Training

RITN: What You Need To Know

Learn how and why RITN was formed, what can be expected from RITN hospitals and how patients are moved from the radiation incident to definitive care hospitals via the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS).

Duration: 5 minutes
  • RITN Introduction to the Radiation Treatment Network Training

    Introduction to RITN

    This lesson provides a basic overview of roles and responsibilities for being a RITN center.

    Duration: 25 minutes

  • RITN Basic Radiation Training

    Basic Radiation Training for Healthcare Professionals

    Learn about ionizing radiation, its characteristics, biological effects, protective measures and how these relate to the hematology/oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplant communities.

    Duration: 55 minutes
  • RITN Concept of Operations Training

    RITN Concept of Operations

    Learn what happens before victims are transported to your site through the National Disaster Medical System transportation protocols.

    Duration: 25 minutes
  • RITN Non-Medical Radiation Awareness Training

    Non-Medical Personnel Radiation Awareness

    Learn about ionizing radiation, its characteristics, biological effects, protective measures and how these relate to the hematology/oncology and hematopoietic stem cell transplant communities.

    Duration: 25 minutes
  • RITN Radiation Safety Communication Training

    Radiation Safety Communication

    If there were a radiological mass casualty incident in the United States, your hospital may care for many of the casualties who received exposures significant enough to require specialize medical treatment. Learn how to prepare for specific radiological scenarios.

    Duration: 55 minutes
  • RITN Initial Care of Patients with ARS

    Initial Care of Patients with Suspected ARS

    Learn how to be better prepared for this worst-case scenario so you can help as many people as possible, even when the situation is dismal.

    Duration: 25 minutes
  • RITN Government Emergency Telecommunications Service

    Government Emergency Telecommunications Service Calling Card

    Learn about the GETS card that is available to RITN centers to use should a catastrophe of any scale strike so you can be prepared in a time of need.

    Duration: 25 minutes