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Evacuation of a Tertiary Neonatal Centre: Lessons from the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes

Author(s) -

Osuke Iwata,

Akihiko Kawase,

Masanori Iwai,

Kazuko Wada

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

neonatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.399

H-Index - 84

eISSN - 1661-7819

pISSN - 1661-7800

DOI - 10.1159/000466681

Subject(s) - neonatal intensive care unit , medicine , intensive care , emergency medicine , pediatrics , medical emergency , intensive care medicine

Newborn infants hospitalised in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are vulnerable to natural disasters. However, publications on evacuation from NICUs are sparse. The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes caused serious damage to Kumamoto City Hospital and its level III regional core NICU. Local/neighbour NICU teams and the disaster-communication team of a neonatal academic society cooperated to evacuate 38 newborn infants from the ward.

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