{"title":"Earthquake Preparedness for Operating Room Staff: Lessons Learned From Experiences and the Literature.","authors":"Yako Matsumoto, Michiko Kinoshita, Yoshinobu Tomiyama, Katsuya Tanaka","doi":"10.1213/ANE.0000000000007250","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Earthquakes pose hazards to health care workers and patients in operating rooms. Proactive planning based on insights gained from past experiences is crucial for enhancing safety. Through a comprehensive literature review, we summarize challenges and lessons learned from real earthquake events to inform the development of effective safety measures in operating rooms. Additionally, we discuss the anesthesiologist's role in crisis management.</p>","PeriodicalId":7784,"journal":{"name":"Anesthesia and analgesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Anesthesia and analgesia","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000007250","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ANESTHESIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Earthquakes pose hazards to health care workers and patients in operating rooms. Proactive planning based on insights gained from past experiences is crucial for enhancing safety. Through a comprehensive literature review, we summarize challenges and lessons learned from real earthquake events to inform the development of effective safety measures in operating rooms. Additionally, we discuss the anesthesiologist's role in crisis management.
期刊介绍:
Anesthesia & Analgesia exists for the benefit of patients under the care of health care professionals engaged in the disciplines broadly related to anesthesiology, perioperative medicine, critical care medicine, and pain medicine. The Journal furthers the care of these patients by reporting the fundamental advances in the science of these clinical disciplines and by documenting the clinical, laboratory, and administrative advances that guide therapy. Anesthesia & Analgesia seeks a balance between definitive clinical and management investigations and outstanding basic scientific reports. The Journal welcomes original manuscripts containing rigorous design and analysis, even if unusual in their approach.