Necessary nursing support for Rheumatoid Arthritis patients on disaster

Abstract

  RA patients in a disaster are not in an urgent situation, but require a lot of support to evacuate. In this paper, I describe appropriate nursing support methods in case of encountering RA patients in areas affected by disaster. Specifically, I will describe the necessity to prepare RA patients for evacuation, drug problems held by RA patients immediately after disaster, issues faced by RA patients when living in evacuation centers, necessary support, consideration of transfer to welfare evacuation centers, and the problems that RA patients have in the long term when a disaster occurs.