N 3 (184) 2023. P. 63–68

MEDICAL PROTECTION OF THE POPULATION AND THE MILITARY AT THE THREAT OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION

K. V. Ordynska, B. V. Prystupa, S. I. Bogatu, Ya. V. Rozhkovsky

Military Medical Clinical Center of the Southern Region, Odesa, Ukraine
Odesa National Medical University, Odesa, Ukraine

DOI 10.32782/2226-2008-2023-3-12

The article provides data on providing the military and the population with an algorithm for prevention and treatment in the event of a nuclear disaster during the Ukrainian-Russian war. The highlighted data is based on the analysis of normative and legal documents, scientific publications and sources of state mass media. An algorithm of actions during a nuclear disaster and methods of diagnosis and treatment of consequences on the human body were proposed. An analysis of promising medicinal products was also carried out both for the prevention of exposure and for the treatment of its destructive consequences.

Key words: radiation pollution, ionizing radiation, nuclear disaster, medical protection.

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