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Theme 3. Sharing Pacific-Rim Experiences in Disasters: Summary and Action Plan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Catherine Hickson ,
Michael Schull ,
Emilio Huertas Arias ,
Yasufumi Asai ,
Jih-Chang Chen ,
Henry K. Cheng ,
Noboru Ishii ,
Tatsuya Kinugasa ,
Patrick Chow-In Ko  and
Yuichi Koido
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Catherine Hickson
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Canada, Pacific Division, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
Michael Schull
Affiliation:
Canadian Chapter of Doctors without Borders and Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Emergency Department, Sunnybrook and Women's College, Health Sciences Centre, CANADA
Emilio Huertas Arias
Affiliation:
Program Coordinator, Air Health Program, Medellin, COLUMBIA
Yasufumi Asai
Affiliation:
Department of Traumatology and Critical Care Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, JAPAN
Jih-Chang Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan Hsiang, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan, ROC
Henry K. Cheng
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Noboru Ishii
Affiliation:
Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, JAPAN
Tatsuya Kinugasa
Affiliation:
Mitsubishi Kobe Hospital, Kobe, JAPAN
Patrick Chow-In Ko
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
Yuichi Koido
Affiliation:
Nippon Medical School, JAPAN
Yoshio Murayama
Affiliation:
Director of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Akashi National Hospital, JAPAN
Poon Wai Kwong
Affiliation:
Supervisor, Auxiliary Medical Services, Hong Kong, ROC
Takashi Ukai
Affiliation:
Director, Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Hospital, Hyogo, JAPAN
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Abstract

Introduction:

The discussions in this theme provided an opportunity to address the unique hazards facing the Pacific Rim.

Methods:

Details of the methods used are provided in the preceding paper. The chairs moderated all presentations and produced a summary that was presented to an assembly of all of the delegates. Since the findings from the Theme 3 and Theme 7 groups were similar, the chairs of both groups presided over one workshop that resulted in the generation of a set of action plans that then were reported to the collective group of all delegates.

Results:

The main points developed during the presentations and discussion included: (1) communication, (2) coordination, (3) advance planning and risk assessment, and (4) resources and knowledge.

Discussion:

Action plans were summarized in the following ideas: (1) plan disaster responses including the different types, identification of hazards, focusing training based on experiences, and provision of public education; (2) improve coordination and control; (3) maintain communications, assuming infrastructure breakdown; (4) maximize mitigation through standardized evaluations, the creation of a legal framework, and recognition of advocacy and public participation; and (5) provide resources and knowledge through access to existing therapies, the media, and increasing and decentralizing hospital inventories.

Conclusions:

The problems in the Asia-Pacific rim are little different from those encountered elsewhere in the world. They should be addressed in common with the rest of the world.

Keywords

assessmentcommandcommunication systemscoordinationdisastersdispatchearthquakehazardspreparednessresourcesrisk assessmentstructureteam
Type
5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Disaster Medicine
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 2001 , pp. 29 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2001

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References

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