[Faculty of Global Nursing] Associate Professor Yano provided support at an evacuation shelter in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture

2024年1月1日16：10頃、石川県能登半島で深さ16キロを震源とするマグニチュード7.6の地震が発生し、石川県内各所に甚大な被害をもたらしました。

Associate Professor Takae Yano, who specializes in disaster nursing at our university's Faculty of Global Nursing, was requested by the Japanese Global Nursing to provide support in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture for three days from January 8th to 10th, 2024, as part of the third advance team.
Although the local disaster support headquarters was barely able to secure power, houses collapsed all over the city, lifelines were cut off, and many residents were forced to evacuate to elementary schools and daycare centers. Elderly people over 90 years old, babies as young as two months old, and people with disabilities were also forced to live in evacuation centers. There was nothing, such as food, water, clothes, toys, or study materials. Even so, when we visited the evacuation centers, the nurses smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, nurses." Our mission was to check the health of the evacuees and assess the entire evacuation center through conversations such as taking their blood pressure, temperature, and pulse, and asking questions such as, "Do you still have your blood pressure medication? If not, you can get it from the mobile pharmacy," "You have a fever, so we will have the medical team come, so please wait a little," and "Is there anything you are missing? We will bring it to you when the relief supplies arrive."
From now on, the coldest season of the year will begin in the Hokuriku region. This does not affect anyone else. It could happen to us tomorrow. One thing we can do is to learn from past disasters and prepare ourselves. Please think about at least one thing you can do.

(Source: Faculty of Global Nursing)