Loss of life after evacuation: lessons learned from the Fukushima accident

Before the earthquake and tsunami that preceded the nuclear accident, there were eight hospitals and 17 nursing care facilities located within a 20 km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. After the first explosion of the number 1 reactor in the afternoon of March 12 (later discovered...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 379; no. 9819; pp. 889 - 891
Main Authors Tanigawa, Koichi, Hosoi, Yoshio, Hirohashi, Nobuyuki, Iwasaki, Yasumasa, Kamiya, Kenji
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 10.03.2012
Elsevier Limited
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Earthquakes
Emergency medical care
Emergency preparedness
Emergency Shelter
Evacuations & rescues
Fatalities
Hospitals
Humans
Inpatients
Internal Medicine
Japan
Medical personnel
Medical supplies
Nuclear accidents
Nuclear accidents & safety
Nuclear power plants
Nursing
Nursing care
Nursing Homes
Older people
Radioactive Hazard Release
Seismic activity
Transportation of Patients
Tsunamis
Japan
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Summary:Before the earthquake and tsunami that preceded the nuclear accident, there were eight hospitals and 17 nursing care facilities located within a 20 km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. After the first explosion of the number 1 reactor in the afternoon of March 12 (later discovered to be a hydrogen explosion), the government ordered evacuation from a 20 km radius around the damaged power plant. Essentials that need consideration include distribution of hospitals and nursing facilities, number of patients in the area, available vehicles and accompanying medical personnel for transportation, evacuation routes, estimated time for evacuation, available hospitals and facilities for evacuees, and location of monitoring posts for radiation levels.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60384-5