2017 Volume 6 Issue 1 Pages 39-45
This article is a report of our activity in the third “Radiation Emergency Medicine (REM) Education and Training Course” held in Jeju, South Korea, from May 24-27, 2016. This training program was a large-scale on-site training in which a major institution from South Korea participated. Hirosaki University collaborated with the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medicine Sciences (KIRAMS) and Cheju Halla General Hospital. The training was conducted with the aim of extracting problems mainly in the coordination/cooperation against nuclear terrorism between South Korea and Japan. Our missions focused primarily on triage, a surface contamination survey, decontamination, and the treatment of victims injured by dirty bombs in a terrorist attack. During the training, we realized the difficulty in the execution of medical activities and communication in the face of terror-related confusion. We value the experience we gained by participating in activities involved in international cooperation during an emergency. We expect that future exercises will see the participation of many organizations involved in radiation medicine.
