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Two Doctors from U.S.A. Invited for Training

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HICARE invited two doctors engaged in emergency medical services at a medical center conducting medical examination of radiation-exposure victims in Los Angeles for one month’s training on the treatment of radiation disorders.

Names and Titles of Trainees:

Leon Artzner, Senior Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine,
Providence Little Company of Mary Center Torrance

Jorge Vournas, Emergency Physician,
Paramedic Medical Director,
Providence Little Company of Mary Center Torrance

Period of Training:

February 7 to March 4, 2011

Training Organizations (in order of visits):

Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital
Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Hiroshima University Hospital Advanced Emergency and Critical Care Center
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council
Kurakake Nozomi-en (A-bomb survivors nursing home)
Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum etc.

Training Course:

Treatment of radiation disorders

A trainee paying a courtesy visit to the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, Hidehiko Yuzaki (left)

With Dr. Shizuteru Usui, President of Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association (center front) and other members

With President of HICARE Hiroo Dohy, (President, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital)

With Dr. Kazunori Kodama, Chief Scientist of Radiation Effects Research Foundation

Trainees receiving an explanation from Professor Koichi Tanigawa, Director of Hiroshima University Hospital Advanced Emergency and Critical Care Center

Dr. Artzner receiving an explanation from Dr. Hideo Sasaki, Director of Health Management & Promotion Center, Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council

Trainees hearing the lecture of Dr. Nanao Kamada, Board Chairman of Hiroshima A-Bomb Survivors Relief Foundation at Kurakake Nozomi-en

At the Hiroshima University Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine

＜Training Completion Ceremony＞

With Dr. Nobuyuki Hirohashi, Associate Professor of Hiroshima University Hospital Advanced Emergency and Critical Care Center

Feedback

Dr. Artzner (left) and Dr. Vournas (at the University Institute of Medical History)

[Dr. Artzner]
Working as a doctor in emergency medical services, the HICARE training provided me with an opportunity to learn about accidental exposure to radiation and gain a good insight into this field. I was able to acquire very useful information on the evaluation of the severity of radiation exposure and the needs of the emergency medical services through this training. It was impressive to know that accurate estimation of the type and dose of radiation exposure is critical. Since I work in a hospital near Long Beach Airport and Los Angeles International Airport in California, where a terrorist attack using nuclear weapons could possibly occur, what I learned through this training is very important for me as an emergency medical doctor.

[Dr. Vournas]
I work as an emergency medical doctor in California. My hospital is currently making efforts to improve its disaster preparations. What I learned through this HICARE training will be useful to contribute to this effort. My father once visited Hiroshima in November 1945 and left a note describing the city in a state of devastation, along with some photographs. This time, I was so moved to see that Hiroshima has recovered completely from the state that he described in the note to become a lively modern city.