Disaster Nursing History in Japan

World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. 06/28/2017 This 40-minute webinar discusses the fast development of disaster health, with a particular focus on disaster nursing in Japan; summarizes the contemporary history of disaster nursing in Japan; and provides an overview of its organizational system, particularly in disaster situations. It discusses how Japan has historically experienced numerous disasters as a result of being located on the Pacific Rim of Fire. Japan was also the target of the Sarin subway disaster event in 1995. (Video or Multimedia)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 2, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news