# Acute Radiation Syndrome

This video provides an overview of Acute Radiation Syndrome, also known as ARS. ARS is a serious illness that can happen when a person is exposed to

very high levels of radiation over a short period of time.

In this video, we use the term 'radiation' to describe high energy, ionizing radiation that is given off by radioactive material or generated by X-ray or CT Scan machines.

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This video can also be viewed at

https://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/videos/acute_radiation_syndrome_lowRez.mp4

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2018
- Runtime: 7 min
- By: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acute_Radiation_Syndrome.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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