ROLE OF DISASTER NURSING

AT DISASTER VOLUNTEER

CENTERS

Kazuyuki Sugimoto, Mami Nojima

Disaster Nursing Global Leader (DNGL)

University of Kochi

Uwajima support project

THE TORRENTIAL RAIN OF JULY 2018

On June 28-July 8, 2018, the heavy rains across to

Western Japan had made serious damage in

Hiroshima, Okayama, and Ehime Prefectures

including flooding and landslides

BACKGROUND

HUMAN DAMAGE

DEAD：221 people

MISSED：9 people

INJURED：387people

HOUSE DAMAGE

COMPLETE COLLAPSED：6,093 houses

HALF COLLAPSED ：9,731 houses

FLOODING 0.5-1.0 m：8,878 houses

FLOODING 0.0-0.5 m：20,086 houses

DAMAGE (COUNTRY LEVEL)

DISASTER VOLUNTEER CENTER IS…

Roles:

・To support well-being of survivors

・To build life reconstruction of survivors

・To collaborate with NPOs and volunteer workers

・To manage and match the volunteer activities

SUPPORT ACTIVITY IN OUR UNIVERSITY

1st period：July 12 -19, 2018

2nd period：July 19 -22, 2018

3rd period：July 22 -31, 2018

Disaster volunteer center in Uwajima social welfare councils

Health department in Uwajima

＜Term＞

＜PLACE＞

AIM

To identify the role of disaster nursing

at disaster volunteer center

METHOD

Analyzed the role of disaster nursing

based on activity records containing

the formation and activities of our

team at disaster volunteer center

ABOUT UWAJIMA CITY

36,307 households

＜Population＞

76,238 people

（Male: 35,717 people, Female 40,521 people）

＜Age＞

・Average: 51.95 yo（Male 49.32 yo, Female 54.28 yo）

・65 years of age or older: 37.9％

＜Households＞

DAMAGE OF UWAJIMA CITY

Half or Complete Collapsed：115 houses

FLOODING 0.5-1.0 m：2,602 houses

FLOODING 0.0-0.5 m ：808 houses

HUMAN DAMAGE

Dead ：１１ people

Injured ：１１ people

HOUSE DAMAGE（ source July 10, 2018, ）

MISSIONS OF OUR ACTIVITIES

Grasp the health and daily living

needs of vulnerable people

Prevention of heat stroke

Infection control

PREVENTION OF HEAT STROKE

Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) as indicator to

manage physical conditions

Enlightenment activities

Patrol activity

To reduce seriously persons suffered from heat stroke

＜Action＞

＜GOAL＞

INFECTION CONTROL

Washing boots

Handwashing and gargling

Cleaning / disinfection of tools (scope, googles, etc)

Patrol activity

To prevent infection for volunteer workers and staff

＜Action＞

＜GOAL＞

GRASP THE HEALTH AND DAILY LIVING

NEEDS OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE

To provide support for people who cannot speak out

To support people who are isolated and confined

with uneasy feelings

Door-to-door visits

＜Action＞

＜GOAL＞

SUMMARY 1

No cases of heat stroke or infectious diseases were

reported during our activity

Home visits revealed issues concerning daily life needs

and mental health

Many elderly people living alone in the house after

the disaster

SUMMARY 2

As the evacuation life has prolonged, survivors do

not want to return home

Lost of motivation for living

The energy and activity level of the local residents

were decreasing so that affected to their health

status

Community leaders and local welfare

commissioner cannot support to the local residents'

lives

DISCUSSION

Stay considerate of the victims' feelings (anger, regret, anxiety, sorrow, and loneliness)

Ensuring living, necessary meals, drainage, cleanliness, ensuring sleep

Reporting health situation to the local heath department and other related organization

Think together so that the person can regain and restructure their life

Care for survivors

Carry out volunteer activities safely and make

health management and environment

improvement so that they can go home safely

Provide necessary care while evaluating the health

condition and workplace environment of local

people who are undergoing support activities

Care for supporters

CONCLUSION

Role of disaster nursing at disaster volunteer centers is:

Not only to ensure the health and

safety among volunteers, but also we

should consider supporting the health

and well-being of survivors.

SUPPORTING AND PROTECTING

LIVES AND HEALTH CONNECTING TO WELL-BEING

CARE IS CLOSE TO YOU

ANY TIME, ANY WHERE, ANY PERSONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thank you to everyone who gave support and

help in this activity.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION

VIELEN DANK FÜR IHRE AUFMERKSAMKEIT