Abstract
【Objective】 We conduct a survey to assess the number of staff who will be able to come to the hospital in the event of a Nankai Trough earthquake. 【Method】 We surveyed 2,052 hospital faculty and staff using the ANPIC®, a safety confirmation system’s questionnaire function to assess the number of staff who could come to the hospital 24 hours after a tsunami disaster. 【Results】 Responses were obtained from 1,155 individuals (56.3%). Out of these, 801 respondents (69.4%) indicated that they could come to the hospital, while 224 individuals (19.4%) reported that they could not come to the hospital due to lack of transportation. As for the time necessary to get to the hospital, 602 individuals (52.1%) responded within one hour. 【Discussion】 The results of this study suggests that securing transportation to the hospital was an issue. Furthermore, the co-occurrence network analysis of free-text responses revealed the strongest relationship with the presence of children, emphasizing the importance of support for family members. The results of this study are considered to contribute as a partial aid in ensuring personnel availability immediately after a disaster.
