Development of body temperature control device available under stoppage of infrastructure

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24659794
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Emergency medicine
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: FURUKAWA Hajime 東北大学, 大学病院, 助教 (30624853)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKAGAWA Atsuhiro 東北大学, 大学病院, 助教 (10447162) ; WASHIO Toshikatsu 独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所, ヒューマンライフテクノロジー研究部門, 主任研究員 (40358370) ; KUSHIMOTO Shigeki 東北大学, 大学院医学系研究科, 教授 (50195434) ; ARAFUNE Tatsuhiko 東京電機大学, 理工学部, 助教 (50376597) ; KOMIYA Atsuki 東北大学, 流体科学研究所, 准教授 (60371142)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Keywords: 体温異常 / 災害 / インフラ / 東日本大震災

Research Abstract

This study was aimed to gain basic knowledge to develop body temperature control device available under the stoppage of infrastructure (i.e., device that need no energy or minimum energy). Results; Most hypothermic inpatients in Miyagi Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake had a temperature of 32 degree Celsius or higher, and were rewarmed primarily by using blankets. Their outcomes were favorable. These indicated that the new device can treat them outside hospitals and may reduce the number of inpatients in the early stage of disaster medical care. Based on this knowledge, we build two experimental systems, thermo-keeping system and cooling system, and we have started experiment with these models for development of the new device.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Reliability of telecommunications systems following a major disaster : survey of secondary and tertiary emergency institutions in miyagi prefecture during the acute phase of the 2011 great East Japan earthquake (2014)
  • Author(s): Kudo D, Furukawa H, Nakagawa A, Abe Y, Washio T, Arafune T, Sato D, Yamanouchi S, Ochi S, Tominaga T, Kushimoto S
  • Journal Title: Prehospital Disaster Medicine Volume: No.2 Pages: 204-8
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Resources for Business Continuity in Disaster Based Hospitals in the Great East Japan Earthquake : Survey of Miyagi Prefecture Disaster Base Hospitals and the Prefectural Disaster Medicine Headquarters (2013)
  • Author(s): D Kudo, H Furukawa, A Nakagawa, S Yamanouchi, Y Koido, T Matsumura, Y Abe, R Konishi, M Matoba, T Tominaga and S Kushimoto
  • Journal Title: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Volume: Vol.7 Pages: 461-466
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Chronological analysis in Tohoku University Hospital during the first 72 hours after the Great East Japan Earthquake (2013)
  • Author(s): Nakagawa A, Furukawa H, Kudo D, Abe Y, Sato D, Washio T, Arafune T, Arii M, Yamanouchi S, Kushimoto S, Tominaga T
  • Journal Title: IEEE PULSE Volume: Vol.4 Pages: 20-27
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 災害医療に実践的なMission Oriented Business Continuity Plan作成の試み (2014)
  • Author(s): 工藤大介, 中川敦寛, 古川宗久, 志本成樹
  • Organizer: 第19回日本集団災害医学会学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 20140225-26
• [Presentation] 災害医療に実践的な東北大学病院版Mission Oriented Business Continuity Plan作成の試み (2013)
  • Author(s): 工藤大介, 古川宗, 中川敦寛, 松村隆志, 山内聡久, 志本成樹
  • Organizer: 第41回日本救急医学会学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 20131021-23
• [Presentation] 東日本大震災における偶発性低体温症患者の発生状況(宮城県全県調査) (2012)
  • Author(s): 古川宗、工藤大介、中川敦寛、山内聡、久志本成樹
  • Organizer: 第40回日本救急医学会学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都市
  • Year and Date: 20121113-15
• [Presentation] 災害拠点病院における事業継続計画について (2012)
  • Author(s): 古川宗, 中川敦寛, 工藤大介, 松村隆志, 阿部喜子, 山内聡, 久志本成樹
  • Organizer: 第26回東北救急医学会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台市
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-30
• [Remarks] 東日本大震災時の災害医療に関する研究・調査.東北大学病院高度救命救急センターHP
  • URL: http://www.emergency-medicine.med.tohoku.ac.jp/20110311earthquake/20110311earthquake_research_ver.1.2.pdf