Development of Disaster Training Program for Hospital Non-Medical Staff（DT-H）" to Deal with Catastrophic Earthquakes

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a disaster training program for hospitals (DT-H). Participants are nonmedical staff who undertakes all disaster management activities except those related to the treatment of injuries. The program consists of a tabletop exercise of 1.5 hours; it includes group work and uses 20 cards, which include written content regarding post-earthquake hospital scenarios. Trial of DT-H in Yamagata Central Hospital in 2014 revealed that it would be highly effective for training of non-medical staffs. It is necessary to improve the content of cards so that users can visualize real-life post-earthquake hospital scenarios.