RT Journal
A1 Kohsaka S, Endo Y, Ueda I, Namiki J, Fukuda K
T1 NEcessity for primary care immediately after the march 11 tsunami and earthquake in japan
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD February 13
VO 172
IS 3
SP 290
OP 291
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1387
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1387
AB 
On March 11, 2011, Japan was devastated by a massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. Immediately after the earthquake, the rescue of injured people was the most urgent task. However, a critical feature of this tragedy was that because the chances to carry out emergency medical care were scarce, there was a clear division between those who died in the tsunami and those who were spared. Most of the survivors were sheltered in schools, gymnasiums, and regional resource centers during the cold season in northern Japan, and the effort of voluntary medical staff after the tsunami was largely focused on providing usual care with extremely limited medical resources. We sought to describe the characteristics of medical care in an evacuation shelter during the subacute phase of the March 11 tsunami disaster.