Database of Health Workforce Innovations
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Great East Japan Earthquake and the Activities of Members and Alumni of the School of Medicine, Keio University
Providing medical care and mobilizing healthcare workers in areas under populated by medical workers
Soon after the disaster, Keio University, including faculties of Keio University School of Medicine, started planning to send medial rescue teams to the stricken area.
However, as was the case with previous disasters, it was hard to access accurate information about what was going on and what we could do. In response to the call for volunteers, many faculty members and fellows applied to join the teams. The initial teams were organized to include a physician, a surgeon, a nurse, and a radiation specialist; they departed for Kesennuma city, located at the northern edge of Miyagi prefecture, 6 days after the earthquake, to collect accurate information and also to give medical care.
However, as was the case with previous disasters, it was hard to access accurate information about what was going on and what we could do. In response to the call for volunteers, many faculty members and fellows applied to join the teams. The initial teams were organized to include a physician, a surgeon, a nurse, and a radiation specialist; they departed for Kesennuma city, located at the northern edge of Miyagi prefecture, 6 days after the earthquake, to collect accurate information and also to give medical care.
- New roles
- Expanded roles
- Nurse Practitioners*
- Physicians - Emergency
- Other Health Care Workers
Disaster response following the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011
- Critical Care
- Emergency Medical Services
The amount of medical workers/residents from Keio University of Medecine who volunteered to provide aid
Research Intervention - outcome data available
ujishima, S., & Suematsu, M. (2012). Special Issue on the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Activities of Members and Alumni of the School of Medicine, Keio University. Keio Journal of Medicine, 61(1), 1–2.
Makoto Suematsu
The School of Medicine, Keio University
Asia
Japan