Systems and Problems of Disaster Drills in the National Hospitals of Japan

Abstract

siveness when faced with multiple choices because of the dilemma posed by this choice. These persons need a developed theoretical grounding in order to justify their choice. An evaluation programme of the teaching of emergency practices has been developed in order to exploit the answers to a questionnaire offered to more than 7,000 first-aiders trained each year. This programme was designed for a Macintosh computer. It analyses four types of information: 1) personal details (profession, age) which remain confidential; 2) information concerning the training of the individual; 3) training course, quality, organization, teaching methods used, etc.; 4) answers to 10 questions concerning their knowledge of the CPR programme; the assessment of a victim, recovery position, mouth-to-mouth ventilation, chest compressions; and 5) steps to take when faced with: a) haemorrhage; b) heart attack; c) suffocation; d) electrocution; etc. The questions relating to the assessment of the level of knowledge can be modified without disrupting the comparative analysis from year to year. Thus, with the help of the programme, it is possible to devise a validation or non-validation of the choice of teaching practices.

Evidence-based Effective Triage Operation During Disaster: Application of Human-trajectory Data to Triage Drill Sessions

“…Since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, many governmental and nongovernmental efforts in Japan have been sought in order to prevent any foreseeable consequences from disasters. Most of the implementation of prevention efforts for disasters has been based on structural and conventionalized regulations, such as Major Incident Medical Management and Support, [1][2][3] and thus, a scientific approach to disaster prevention has not gained much attention or interest from researchers or implementers. An interdisciplinary research team has developed a Ubiquitous Stereo Vision (USV) camera (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan) 4 which can track and record human trajectories during an evacuation training session, such as the one at a large concert hall.…”