Abstract

In its two recommendations on medical emergency response from 2017, the SSK recommended the creation of guidelines for certified initial, further, and advanced training. These should also include regular exercises for personnel working in the medical field, which are required in radiological and nuclear emergencies, and the necessary qualifications. In the context of the recommendations, qualification requirements were redefined, and the group of people who are eligible and the content of a „radiation emergency management” and „radiation emergency physician” qualification certificate were presented.

With a new advisory mandate, the SSK was asked to develop minimum requirements for hospitals about structural, personnel and equipment capacities, content for a curriculum and a proposal for the implementation of these recommendations in the federal and state emergency management system in addition to the recommendations mentioned above. This recommendation on the requirements and organisation of the medical management of radiation emergencies supplements and specifies the two previous SSK recommendations from 2017.