Radiation Disaster Medicine Perspective from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tanigawa, Koichi (Editor), Chhem, Rethy Kieth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Nuclear energy.; Emergency medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Nuclear Energy.

The role of disaster medicine is becoming more important as the frequency and severity of natural and technological disasters increase. The triple disaster that occurred in Fukushima on March 11, 2011 calls for innovation in the training of health care professionals, pre-hospital emergency care prov...

Table of Contents:

• Physicians’ early response to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident: Challenges and lessons learned
• General considerations in radiation disaster medicine
• Medical perspective
• Pre-hospital emergency medical response
• Hospital emergency medical response
• Disaster behavioral health: Psychological effects of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident
• Management perspective: Structure of radiation emergency response in Japan
• Management perspective: Structure of radiation emergency response in International Organizations
• Radiation disaster medicine curriculum revisited in a post-Fukushima context.