Medical Evacuation of Patients to other Hospitals due to the Fukushima I Nuclear Accidents

In the course of responding to the 11 March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, the Japanese government decided to enforce a 30 km evacuation radius on 17 March 2011 due to the Fukushima I nuclear accidents. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan found that there were 800 pati...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Prehospital and disaster medicine 2011-10, Vol.26 (5), p.391-393
Hauptverfasser:	Yanagawa, Youichi, Miyawaki, Hiroki, Shimada, Jirou, Morino, Kazuma, Satoh, Ei-ichi, Ohtomo, Yasuhiro, Ichihara, Masayuki, Kondo, Hisayoshi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ambulances Earthquakes Emergency Medical Services Evacuations & rescues Health technology assessment Hospitals Humans Japan Nuclear accidents & safety Patient Transfer Public health Radiation Injuries Radioactive Hazard Release Seismic activity
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Zusammenfassung:	In the course of responding to the 11 March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, the Japanese government decided to enforce a 30 km evacuation radius on 17 March 2011 due to the Fukushima I nuclear accidents. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan found that there were 800 patients in this area.
ISSN:	1049-023X 1945-1938
DOI:	10.1017/S1049023X11006418