[Laboratory medicine in the field of emergency medicine and disaster medicine--Old-And-New tools of emergency medical service].
We reviewed the characteristics of the field of laboratory medicine concerning emergency medicine and disaster medicine. Gram's stain was apt to be made light of by clinicians, but it has been reviewed again. A modern sophisticated analysis system is expected for the consequence management of NBC terrorism and mass poisoning, but we would like to emphasize the importance of the basic physical strength of laboratory medicine, such as Gram's stain, to the meaning of old-and-new technology.
Okumura
Tetsu
T
Emergency Department, Juntendo University Hospital, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421.
Hisaoka
Teruhiko
T
Yamada
Atsushi
A
Tomita
Yoshimasa
Y
Naito
Toshio
T
Isonuma
Hiroshi
H
Sekiya
Sakae
S
Danbara
Takashi
T
Hayashida
Yasuo
Y
D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D004190:Disasters; D004630:Emergencies; D005840:Gentian Violet; D010619:Phenazines
C035863:Gram's stain; D010619:Phenazines; D005840:Gentian Violet