• Mark Kirk and Carol J Iddins.
• Chemical Defense Program, Health Threats Resilience Division, Office of Health Affairs, US Department of Homeland Security, 245 Murray Lane, SW, Mailstop: 0315, Washington, DC 20528, USA.
• Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am.. 2015 Feb 1;33(1):69-88.

AbstractMost approaches toward chemical and radiological/nuclear (CRN) incidents focus on the clinical skills of the first receiver. These skills are certainly important and are addressed throughout this article. Management skills are often overlooked. The following are basic competencies in information management for the emergency medicine physician to handle large-scale CRN incidents: planning information; incident management information; toxicant management; disposition/definitive care management; and recovery management. Information management and synthesis are crucial throughout the phases of the disaster cycle: planning, response, mitigation, and recovery.Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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