Open AccessDiabetes Care Providers’ Manual for Disaster Diabetes Care
Author(s) -
Satoh Jo,
Yokono Koichi,
Ando Rie,
Asakura Toshinari,
Hanzawa Kazuhiko,
Ishigaki Yasushi,
Kadowaki Takashi,
Kasuga Masato,
Katagiri Hideki,
Kato Yasuhisa,
Kurosawa Koreyuki,
Miura Masanobu,
Nakamura Jiro,
Nishitsuka Koichi,
Ogawa Susumu,
Okamoto Tomoko,
Sakuma Sadanori,
Sakurai Shigeru,
Satoh Hiroaki,
Shimauchi Hidetoshi,
Shimokawa Hiroaki,
Shoji Wataru,
Sugiyama Takashi,
Suwabe Akira,
Tachi Masahiro,
Takahashi Kazuma,
Takahashi Susumu,
Terayama Yasuo,
Tomita Hiroaki,
Tsuchiya Yoko,
Waki Hironori,
Watanabe Tsuyoshi,
Yahata Kazuaki,
Yamashita Hidetoshi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of diabetes investigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.089
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 2040-1124
pISSN - 2040-1116
DOI - 10.1111/jdi.13053
Subject(s) - medicine , preparedness , health care , medical emergency , family medicine , nursing , management , political science , economics , law
To ensure that experiences and lessons learned from the unprecedented 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake are used to improve future disaster planning, the Japan Diabetes Society ( JDS ) launched the “Research and Survey Committee for Establishing Disaster Diabetes Care Systems Based on Relevant Findings from the Great East Japan Earthquake ” under the supervision of the Chairman of the JDS . The Committee conducted a questionnaire survey among patients with diabetes, physicians, disaster medical assistance teams ( DMAT s), nurses, pharmacists, and nutritionists in disaster areas about the events they saw happening, the situations they found difficult to handle, and the needs that they felt required to be met during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. A total of 3,481 completed questionnaires were received. Based on these and other experiences and lessons reported following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the 2004 Niigata‐Chuetsu Earthquakes, the current “Manual for Disaster Diabetes Care” has been developed by the members of the Committee and other invited authors from relevant specialties. To our knowledge, the current Manual is the world's first to focus on emergency diabetes care, with this digest English version translated from the Japanese original. It is sincerely hoped that patients with diabetes and healthcare providers around the world will find this manual helpful in promoting disaster preparedness and implementing disaster relief.