During the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, a private organization will ship patients to support the transportation of emergency patients who are concerned about delays due to traffic jams, and transportation training was held in Koto-ku, Tokyo on the 26th. It was.
It is the public interest incorporated association "Mobile Hospital International" that operates ambulances that transports patients by ship.
During the tournament, in the Ariake area where the competition venues are gathered, it may be difficult to transport by ambulance due to traffic congestion in the surrounding area, so we will use the boats of this group to transport from the river or the sea.
It is assumed that the training was held at the pier in Toyosu, Koto-ku, and that a large number of heat stroke patients appeared around the nearby competition venue.
A doctor and paramedic who received a request from the fire department boarded an ambulance with a total length of about 7.5 meters and dispatched, and when one patient was carried and berthed again at the dock, we confirmed the flow of carrying it to a nearby hospital in a wheelchair. was doing.
Mr. Mukaiichi Sunada, the representative of the group, said, "In some cases, it is better to use not only land but also water for emergency transportation, so I would like to continue to utilize the ship in the future."