On April 18^th, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held a training course on "New Technologies for Emergency Management  and  Treatment of Ionizing Radiation Injuries" at our hospital. IAEA international experts Hideo Tatsuzakl  and  Minsu Cho, along with 21 international students from IAEA, participated in this training course. Vice President Qian Zhiyuan (in charge of the work), Vice President Zhao Jingzhou, Deputy Director Liu Yulong of the Oncology Clinical Diagnosis  and  Treatment Center, Zhang Yusong of the Abdominal  and  Pelvic Tumor Treatment Department of the Oncology Clinical Diagnosis  and  Treatment Center,  and  relevant staff from the Emergency Management Department, as well as accompanying personnel from Soochow University, attended the training. Vice President Qian Zhiyuan (in charge of the work), Vice President Zhao Jingzhou, Deputy Director Liu Yulong of the Oncology Clinical Diagnosis and  Treatment Center, Director Zhang Yusong from the Abdominal  and  Pelvic Tumor Treatment Department of the Oncology Clinical Diagnosis  and  Treatment Center,  and  relevant staff from the Emergency Management Department, as well as accompanying personnel from Soochow University, attended the training.

Vice President Zhao Jingzhou presided over this training course. First, Vice President Qian Zhiyuan (in charge of the work) delivered a welcome speech, warmly welcoming the arrival of the IAEA experts  and  the delegation of students,  and  introduced the basic information of the hospital  and  the development of our hospitals nuclear emergency response work. Afterwards, our hospitals experts in nuclear radiation injury gave careful theoretical lectures on radiation injury treatment  and  radiation protection monitoring,  and  the students actively interacted  and  had lively discussions with the lecturers. After the theoretical training, the IAEA experts  and  students visited our hospitals radiation genetics laboratory  and  exchanged technologies related to the estimation of biological doses for personnel exposed to nuclear radiation accidents. Our hospitals nuclear emergency medical rescue team demonstrated on-site medical rescue teaching exercises for experts  and  students at the Radiation Injury Medical Emergency Center in the event of a nuclear accident.

After the training, the experts from the IAEA highly praised the theoretical lectures, nuclear emergency teaching drills. At the same time, they provided guidance  and  suggestions on the problems encountered during the exercises. As the supporting unit of the IAEAs nuclear  and  radiation emergency preparedness  and  response capability building, our hospital will further improve the teaching, research,  and  clinical work of nuclear emergency medical rescue,  and  continuously enhance the capabilities of nuclear emergency first aid  and  critical illness treatment. We’ll provide strong support for the construction  and  development of a strong nuclear industry.

Written by Hou Yuhan

Reviewed by Wu Lijun  and  Zhao Jingzhou

Translated by Li Guangfei