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Introduction:On the morning of 25 April 2005, a Japan Railway express train derailed in an urban area of Amagasaki, Japan. The crash was Japan's worst rail disaster in 40 years.This study chroniclesthe rescue efforts and highlights the capacity of Japan's urban disaster response.Methods:Public reports were gathered from the media, Internet, government, fire department, and railway company. Four key informants, who were close to the disaster response, were interviewed to corroborate publicdata and highlight challenges facing the response.Results:The crash left 107 passengers dead and 549 injured. First responders, most of whom were volunteers, were helpful in the rescue effort, and no lives were lost due to transport delays or faulty triage. Responders criticized an early decision to withdraw rescue efforts, a delay in heliport set-up, the inefficiency of the information and instruction center, and emphasized the need for training in confined space medicine. Communication and chain-of-command problems created confusion at the scene.Conclusions:The urban disaster response to the train crash in Amagasaki was rapid and effective.The KobeEarthquake and other incidents sparked changes that improved disaster preparedness in Amagasaki. However, communication and cooperation among responders were hampered, as in previous disasters, by the lack of a structured command system. Application of an incident command system may improve disaster coordination in Japan.
Introduction:On the morning of 25 April 2005, a Japan Railway express train derailed in an urban area of Amagasaki, Japan. The crash was Japan's worst rail disaster in 40 years.This study chroniclesthe rescue efforts and highlights the capacity of Japan's urban disaster response.Methods:Public reports were gathered from the media, Internet, government, fire department, and railway company. Four key informants, who were close to the disaster response, were interviewed to corroborate publicdata and highlight challenges facing the response.Results:The crash left 107 passengers dead and 549 injured. First responders, most of whom were volunteers, were helpful in the rescue effort, and no lives were lost due to transport delays or faulty triage. Responders criticized an early decision to withdraw rescue efforts, a delay in heliport set-up, the inefficiency of the information and instruction center, and emphasized the need for training in confined space medicine. Communication and chain-of-command problems created confusion at the scene.Conclusions:The urban disaster response to the train crash in Amagasaki was rapid and effective.The KobeEarthquake and other incidents sparked changes that improved disaster preparedness in Amagasaki. However, communication and cooperation among responders were hampered, as in previous disasters, by the lack of a structured command system. Application of an incident command system may improve disaster coordination in Japan.
Abstracts -IPRED 2010s43 inating best scientific practices.The PACER is conducting several projects focused on five key areas of research: (1) preparedness theory and practice; (2) response networks; (3) analysis, modeling, and simulation; (4) science, technology, and engineering; and (5) education. In particular, the education research area has been tasked with developing an infrastructure to train disaster experts, from today's scientists to tomorrow's leaders in academia, health care, and public service. Furthermore, PACER has established eight principals around which research projects focus: (1) understanding high impact chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosive events; (2) conducting inquiries that serve the goals of the Department of Homeland Security and the National Response Plan; (3) providing relevance to first responders at all levels; (4) engaging all levels of government, public and private sectors for a fully integrated approach; (5) leveraging the diverse resources of partners to augment efforts; (6) developing educational programs and concepts for broad dissemination to train future leaders, experts, and scholars; (7) engaging appropriate efforts to achieve sustainability; and (8) maintaining flexibility, given the potential changing threats and the need to be prepared for all hazards. This presentation will describe PACER's activities in furthering knowledge and understanding of high-consequence events and its ability to effectively deter and prepare for and respond to such events. During a disaster, local health services are overwhelmed, and damages to clinics and hospitals can render them useless. Damages to the healthcare infrastructure will further compromise the delivery of health services, therefore, many countries maintain mobile field hospitals in order to react during disasters. Lessons from past complex disasters (e.g., civil conflicts, wars, humanitarian emergencies) showed that field hospitals-civilian or military-play a significant response role during disasters. The Italian Association of Alpini (ANA) model of mobile field hospital. It is a mobile, flexible hospital structure that provides self-contained, self-sufficient health care. The hospital can rapidly be deployed, expanded, or contracted, and can be engaged during a disaster to provide medical assistance. This field hospital supports the activities of civil protection in the national and international context, implements local emergency services, and enhances hospital bed surge capacity and treatment of mass casualties during disasters for a specific period of time.The Hospital on Field of Alpines, was founded in 1976 and operates in Italy, with the aid of two major hospitals and civil protection in the national and international context. The hospital operates through the activity of volunteers that are experts and engaged in maxi-emergency and critical medicine, and are disaster specialists.During disasters, there is a need for a rapid public health response for the treatment of victims and maintenance of a ...
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