Hirosaki University Graduate School of Health Sciences has held "Radiation Emergency Medicine Training" for nurses and radiological technologists working in medical facilities nationwide.Approximately 20 people from not only Aomori prefecture but also Hokkaido, Hiroshima, Kagoshima prefectures, etc. participated, exceeding the recruitment capacity of 30 people, and engaged in simulation exercises with a serious expression.
Members of the exposure situation investigation team of Hirosaki University dispatched to the site in the event of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident explained the activities, set up a controlled area in the nursing clinical training room, and "worked inside the nuclear power plant building". There is a possibility that the staff may get sick and fall, injuring their legs and contaminating them. "
The students wore protective clothing, worked on a series of tasks such as dosimetry in the treatment room, treatment of injuries, and decontamination, and learned the flow of emergency radiation medicine with a serious expression.In addition, I received a lecture entitled "Current Situation of Fukushima" from Atsushi Kumagai, Deputy Director of the Fukushima Medical University Disaster Medicine Comprehensive Learning Center.
Since many nuclear facilities are concentrated in Aomori Prefecture, Hirosaki University began training staff involved in emergency radiation emergency medical care in FY2007.Furthermore, since fiscal 2016, we have been working on a project to form an education and research base for radiation emergency medicine.This radiation exposure medical training was held as part of that.
