[Abstract] The basics of the earthquake disaster medical management consist of (1) recognition of specific injuries, (2) limited primary treatment in the affected area, (3) importance of immediate evacuation, and (4) urgent dispatch of medical teams from the non-affected area. Crush syndrome at the Hanshin Awaji great earthquake disaster (January, 1995) and economy-class syndrome at the Chuetsu earthquake (October, 2004) are widely recognized as the earthquake disaster specific concerns of the patient. Usefulness of the acute blood purification therapy in the large-scale natural disaster has been widely recognized.
[Abstract] The basics of the earthquake disaster medical management consist of (1) recognition of specific injuries, (2) limited primary treatment in the affected area, (3) importance of immediate evacuation, and (4) urgent dispatch of medical teams from the non-affected area. Crush syndrome at the Hanshin Awaji great earthquake disaster (January, 1995) and economy-class syndrome at the Chuetsu earthquake (October, 2004) are widely recognized as the earthquake disaster specific concerns of the patient. Usefulness of the acute blood purification therapy in the large-scale natural disaster has been widely recognized.