title: Lessons Learnt from the Fukushima Accident-A Swedish Medical Preparedness Perspective.
abstract: The triple disaster in March 2011 tragically and severely affected the Japanese society, in spite of its well-developed infrastructure and good access to resources. A multitude of Japanese and international reports have since described the chain of events and actions taken in connection with the earthquake, the tsunami and the power plant failure in Fukushima. In order to further evaluate Japanese experiences of the disaster, and to bring home 'lessons-learnt' of relevance for continued emergency preparedness planning, a group from the National Board of Health and Welfare and other Swedish agencies performed an observer visit to Japan in 2012. A report from the group was recently published. Its main conclusions, and implications focusing on a strengthened national medical preparedness for radionuclear events in Sweden (and possibly elsewhere), are presented here.
authors: Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, SE-106 30 Stockholm, Sweden Karolinska Institute, Depts of Oncology/Pathology and Public Health Sciences, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden leif.stenke@ki.se.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Stenke
authors: Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, SE-106 30 Stockholm, Sweden Karolinska Institute, Depts of Oncology/Pathology and Public Health Sciences, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: von Schreeb
authors: Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, SE-106 30 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Simonsson
authors: Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, SE-17116 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Johansson
authors: Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, SE-15181, Karlstad, Sweden.
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Postgård
authors: Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, SE-106 30 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Sigurdsson
authors: Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, SE-106 30 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: Å
authors: Å
authors: Ljungquist
authors: Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, SE-106 30 Stockholm, Sweden Karolinska Institute, Depts of Oncology/Pathology and Public Health Sciences, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Lagergren Lindberg
mesh_terms: D002959:Civil Defense; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods*; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D006078:Government Programs; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D055848:Nuclear Power Plants; D016730:Program Development; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D013548:Sweden