Activities on a cruise ship Results and challenges summarized by the medical team New Corona April 26, 4:17
The disaster dispatch medical team DMAT, who was active on the cruise ship "Diamond Princess" where a new coronavirus outbreak occurred, summarized the activity report. By clarifying the priority order for disembarking, it was said that we were able to reduce the number of people who died on board or during transportation to zero, but we also pointed out issues such as there were cases where people who were transported far away became seriously ill. .
From February 8th to March 1st, the disaster dispatch medical team, DMAT, took care of and carried out passengers and crew on the cruise ship "Diamond Princess".
According to a report compiled by the DMAT Secretariat, more than 60 people had fever a day when they first started their activities, and it took 3 to 4 days for a ship doctor to respond.
With the addition of DMAT, I also performed a PCR test while treating a person with a fever, but it could take 40 minutes per person to do both, and it took more than a day to respond to a complaint that I was sick. It means that
For this reason, the activity policy was reviewed to clarify the priority of disembarkation, and the highest priority was "people who have a fever and urgently need medical care", and then "the risk of being infected with the elderly or having a basic illness. It means that we decided to lower the priority of "higher number of people" and "person with positive PCR test".
Through these activities, we were able to eliminate so-called related deaths that die on ships and during transportation and for reasons other than viruses, and so on, and by transporting mild and asymptomatic people to distant medical institutions, emergency medical care in Kanagawa Prefecture. He says he was able to maintain the system at the last minute.
On the other hand, because the mechanism of the virus was not known, there were cases where people who were transported to a distant place got seriously ill, and due to lack of personnel, it was delayed to respond to passengers and crew's anxiety, and activities on board We also point out issues such as the situation where the members who were treated are treated discriminatoryly.