Report on the Activities of the Doctor Helicopter in Yamaguchi Prefecture along the Great East-Japan Earthquake

KASAOKA Shunji, TODANI Masaki, TANAKA Ryo, MIYAUCHI Takashi, KANEDA Kotaro, KAWAMURA Yoshikatsu, ODA Yasutaka, TSURUTA Ryosuke

doi:10.2342/ymj.62.137

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東日本大震災における山口県ドクターヘリの活動報告
ヒガシニホンダイシンサイニオケルヤマグチケンドクターヘリノカツドウホウコクトクシュウヒガシニホンダイシンサイゴノフッコウシエントヤマグチイガク
ヒガシニホンダイシンサイニオケルヤマグチケンドクターヘリノカツドウホウコク

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Doctor helicopter in Yamaguchi Prefecture（Yamaguchi Doctor-Heli）began to operate on January 21, 2011. After about two months from the start of operation, the Great East-Japan Earthquake has occurred. A request has been made to dispatch the Yamaguchi Doctor-Heli to the disaster area. After consultation with relevant agencies, the Yamaguchi Doctor-Heli was dispatched to the disaster area, and arrived at the Fukushima Medical University on the morning of March 13. At the request of the Disaster Prevention and Countermeasures Headquarters in Miyagi Prefecture, two patients were transported to Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital from Miyagi Prefecture Athletic Park by the Yamaguchi Doctor-Heli. On March 14, the 91 hospitalized patients of Ishinomaki Municipal Hospital, severely damaged in the tsunami, were transported to the Ishinomaki Athletic Park by the five doctor helicopters. Approximately 20 patients have been transported by the Yamaguchi Doctor-Heli. We returned to the Yamaguchi University Hospital on the evening of March 15. The use of doctor helicopters in the disaster areas is expected to decrease in preventable death. Based on this experience, we will improve the activities of the disaster area.

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Yamaguchi Medical Journal

Yamaguchi Medical Journal 62 (3), 137-141, 2013

Yamaguchi University Medical Association

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