Casualty Decontamination Site NRW

The document outlines the Victim Decontamination Concept (V-Dekon NRW) for North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, designed to manage mass casualties contaminated with CBRN/ABC agents. It presents a two-stage system to rapidly decontaminate affected individuals before they reach hospitals or treatment sites, minimising secondary contamination and health risks to medical personnel.

The concept emphasises immediate self- or assisted decontamination at the incident site, life-saving basic medical interventions (BLS), early identification of hazardous substances, and the use of specialised decontamination units capable of processing 25 or 50 casualties per hour. Coordination between local and supra-regional resources, along with trained personnel and adequate protective equipment, is essential for effective implementation.