南海・東南海地震などの大規模災害に対する徳島市医師会の取り組み : 過去5年間における3つの改善

Here is a report on activities of the Tokushima City Medical Association for the past５years for prevention and management of possible large-scaled natural disasters such as an earthquake in the Nankai and East Nankai regions. Paying attention to the fact that Tokushima is a city of good river network with unique topography, e.g. the towheads are connected by many bridges, and assuming a situation that all the bridges have collapsed,１６medical institutions were selected as a first aid station on the virtual map and obtained their approval for cooperation. However, after conducting simulation training, some members of the Tokushima City Medical Association claimed，“We can not do anything with no suitable equipment in a first aid station.”Thus, we requested some budget from the Tokushima Municipal Government, and then, a first aid medical kit JM１ was installed at all the １６ first aid stations in July 2００４. In previous years, disaster prevention training was held once a year at the riverbed of the Yoshino River, however, the first joint triage training of local residents and medical professionals was held at Kamona Elementary School on August ２６,２００７, in which actually local residents, fire fighters, physicians and nurses joined. Since then, the training has been held every３to４months in Shin-machi, Hachiman, Ronden, Tsuda and Sako areas in turn. The Tokushima City Medical Association believes that participating the disaster prevention training introduced here and continuing the practice should be the only way for good prevention and management of an unpredictable great disaster.