Medical support system for the disaster restoration

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670249
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Shobi University
• Principal Investigator: IRAKO KEIKO 尚美学園大学, 総合政策学部, 教授 (50327136)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAHAGI Tuneo 作新学院大学・大学院, 副学長・教授 (50158044) ; MURAOKA Nachiko (KAMIO Nachiko) 日本大学, 大学院法学部法学研究科, 教授 (80219881) ; 伊藤 友弥 東京都立小児総合医療センター, 臨床研究部医師(その他) (30626651)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 大災害 / 救助活動 / 医療システム / トリアージ / 医療マネジメント / 医療資源 / 労働法 / 生命倫理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We experienced 311 Great East Japan Earthquake. At the chaotic area, a small number of medical professionals took care of a lot of victims. Powerful earthquakes are predicted to hit Tokyo and/or other areas.
We, the study group on “Medical support system for the disaster restoration”, studied not only a feasible system but also pros and cons of triage, because once a victim is labeled “black”, he/she should give up chance to receive medical treatment. We had a symposium titled, “Righteousness of Triage from the points of view of the Redistribution of Medical Resource, Labor law and Bioethics ”, at the 20th Conference of Japanese Society of Clinical Thanatology, December 2014. Our papers will be published in the THANATOLOGY, Vol.20.　In March 2015, I presented a research on “Rescue Operations and Triage soon after Great Disaster” at the 6th Conference of the Kansai Law and Politics Association. It will also be published in the LAW AND POLITICS REVIEW No.2.

Free Research Field

医歯薬学