Differences in the Awareness and Knowledge of Radiological and Nuclear Events Among Medical Workers in Japan

Frontiers in Public Health

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Kanae Ochiai¹  Tomo Oka²  Nagisa Kato¹  Yuji Kondo³  Yasuhiro Otomo¹  Raymond E. Swienton⁴ 

[1] Trauma and Acute Critical Care Medical Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine;Emergency Medical Center, Fujisawa City Hospital;Department of Emergency, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center;University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

关键词: radiological;    nuclear;    training;    education;    preparedness;    occupation;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2022.808148

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background Previous research revealed a lack of comfort and knowledge regarding nuclear and radiological events among medical staff. We investigated the awareness and knowledge of radiological and nuclear events among the Japanese medical staff by comparing differences by occupation (doctors, nurses, and other medical specialists). Methods We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire survey among trainees undergoing Japanese disaster medical training courses between July 2014 and February 2016. The differences by occupation were evaluated for all questions on awareness and knowledge concerning disasters or radiological and nuclear events and demographics. Results Among the occupations, there were significant differences in the willingness to work onsite based on the types of disaster, familiarity with the national disaster medical response system, the accuracy rate of some knowledge about medical practice and the risk, and demographic characteristics such as practical experience and educational degree. The accuracy rates of responses to some questions on knowledge were very low in all occupations. Conclusion There were significant differences in awareness and knowledge of radiological and nuclear events by occupation. We believe that the results can be used to develop and modify the content of training courses on radiological and nuclear events to make such courses beneficial for each healthcare worker.

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