title: [In a disaster, what should medical technologists at a university hospital do? What do they have?].
abstract: "Disaster medicine" involves "cases that cannot be supported by the normal medical service system of the hospital because many injuries have occurred by an explosion/chemical pollution/radioactive pollution or a pandemic caused deliberately as well as natural disasters". In "disaster medicine", university hospitals should become the base for advanced medical services and wide area transportation. Also, the clinical laboratory/medical technologists of the university hospital should offer high quality laboratory analysis. On the other hand, one of the advantages of a university hospital is an experimental medicine laboratory (integrated universities also have a Department of Science and Department of Engineering). Development of testing equipment to cover all the functions necessary for disaster medicine may be a possibility. A system to conduct simple testing is expected at the actual location of the emergency, and an identification system must be established. "Emergency medicine" and "disaster medicine" have different aspects, but the essence is the same, and medical technologists must have knowledge/techniques to report and interpret results quickly. Because a university hospital is the core of logistical support, daily training is important.
authors.affiliation: Central Clinical Laboratory, Osaka Medical College Hospital, Takatsuki 569-8686, Japan. uedaya@poh.osaka-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Sumiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takubo
mesh_terms: D054597:Disaster Medicine; D004189:Disaster Planning; D006785:Hospitals, University; D007564:Japan; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science