2020 Volume 25 Issue 2 Pages 174-178
The aim of this article is to report on activities at the Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) adjustment headquarters of Aomori prefecture in the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake. Aomori prefecture is a neighboring prefecture across the sea from Hokkaido. Therefor, we adjusted the movement of DMAT on the sea route that we have never experienced before. We assisted the movement of 23 DMAT teams (29 vehicles) to Hokkaido by private ferry. In the future, it was considered necessary to prepare and training on the assumption of movement by sea route.
Furthermore, the operation of the adjustment headquarters has become possible through the cooperation of neurosurgeons. The number of neurosurgeons involved in disaster medicine is increasing. Particularly in rural areas, neurosurgeons are expected to play an important role in disaster medicine.