the earthquake and tsunami - observations by japanese physicians since the 11 march catastrophe日本地震和海啸u2014u2014观察医生自3月11日的灾难.pdf

Nagamatsu et al. Critical Care 2011, 15:167 /content/15/3/167 CO M M E N TA R Y The earthquake and tsunami - observations by Japanese physicians since the 11 March catastrophe 1 2 3 4 5 Soichiro Nagamatsu *, Tsuyoshi Maekawa , Yoshihito Ujike , Satoru Hashimoto and Nobuo Fuke ; The Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine since 1900 (the Great East Japan earthquake). h e earth- Abstract quake was immediately followed by a tsunami, which at Japan was struck by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake its highest was estimated to be 37.9 meters. In addition, and a tsunami on 11 March 2011. Although this accidents at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant catastrophe has caused the most devastating caused radiation injuries to power plant workers. h e damage to Japan since World War II, we believe that number of those killed or missing is reported to be our systematic preparation for disasters somewhat greater than 23,000, and is expected to increase. In this alleviated the damage. Learning lessons from the commentary, we report four key observations, focusing magnitude 7.3 Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995, the on the diff erences from the Great Hanshin earthquake of government organized approximately 700 medical 1995, another major devastating earthquake to strike teams specialized in disaster management. In this Japan. earthquake of 2011, hundreds of medical teams were successfully deployed and started operations within