Workshop programme

Final version

24 October 2013

International Workshop on Medical Responsesto Radiation Accidents and Disasters
HICARE in cooperation with the International
Atomic Energy Agency
Hiroshima, Japan, October 28-November 1, 2013.

Venue: conference room at Hotel Sunroute Hiroshima (http://www.sunroutehotel.jp/hiroshima/en/index.html).
Visit peace memorial museum will take place on Monday, 28 October 2013 at 15:30-17:00.
Program at Hiroshima University on Tuesday, 29 October 2013 will take place in Hiroshima University.
Program at RERF, International Arrangements for Assistance and Closing Remarks on Friday, 1 November2013 will take place in RERF.
Objective: To train personnel expected to respond to radiation accidents and disasters.
Learning outcomes, at the completion of the workshop, the participants will be able to:

Understand the history of radiation accidents/disasters and basic knowledge on radiation;
Understand the practical medical management and other related areas responding to radiation
accidents and disasters;
Acquire proven know-how and skills necessary for responding to radiation accidents and disasters;

MONDAY 28
08:00 – 08:45

Registration

08:45 – 09:00

Toshiteru Okubo (HICARE)

Opening addresses

09:00 – 09:15

Koichi Tanigawa (HICARE)

Outline of Hiroshima Course

09:15 – 10:00

Kazunori Kodama (HICARE)

Voice from Hiroshima,
About A-Bomb survivors

10:00 – 10:15

11:15 – 11:30

Break
Gen Suzuki(InternationalUniversity
Health and Welfare Clinic)
Break

11:30 – 12:30

Osamu Kurihara (NIRS)

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 15:00

Asao Noda (RERF)

15:30 – 17:00

Visit peace memorial museum

10:15 – 11:15

ofRadiation Accidents: scope of the problem,
statisitics

Practical radiation physics for emergency medical
personnel

Dose concepts, quantities and units, basic
principles and methods of radiation protection

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Workshop programme

Final version

24 October 2013

International Workshop on Medical
Responses to Radiation Accidents andDisasters
HICARE in cooperation with the International
Atomic Energy Agency
Hiroshima, Japan, October 28-November 1, 2013.

TUESDAY 29
Dose-effects curves, deterministic andscholastic effects of radiation

09:00 – 10:00

Kenji Kamiya (RIRBM)

10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:15 – 11:15

Asao Noda (RERF)

11:15 – 11:30

Break

11:30 – 12:30

Yoshiaki Kodama (RERF)

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 – 14:30

Koichi Tanigawa (HICARE)

Emergency medical management on site
and at prehospital level

15:00 – 17:00

Program at Hiroshima University

Practical training (Whole body counting,Decontamination,PatientCaredemonstration), Tour at RIRBM

19:00 – 20:30

Reception

Biological effects of ionizing radiation atmolecular & cellular level, tissue and organlevel
Biodosimetry: available methods and theirrole in dose assessment and prognosis

WEDNESDAY 30
09:00 – 10:00

Mark Benderitter (IRSN)

10:00 – 10:15

Break10:15 – 11:15

Mark Benderitter (IRSN)

11:15 – 11:30

Break

11:30 – 12:30

Makoto Akashi (NIRS)

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 – 14:30

Makoto Akashi (NIRS)

14:30 – 14:45

Break

14:45 – 15:45

Makoto Akashi (NIRS)

15:45 – 16:00

Break

16:00 – 17:00

Koichi Tanigawa (HICARE)

Diagnosis and treatment of local radiation
injuries
Medical management of combined injuries
External and internal contamination:
decontamination and decorporation

Hospital preparedness and managementof radiation accident patients
Major nuclear accidents:
Fukushima Part 1
Major nuclear accidents:
Fukushima Part 2
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Workshop programme

Final version

24 October 2013

International Workshop on Medical
Responses to Radiation Accidents andDisasters
HICARE in cooperation with the International
Atomic Energy Agency
Hiroshima, Japan, October 28-November 1, 2013.

THURSDAY 31
Acute Radiation Syndrome: clinical picture,diagnosis and treatment. Part 1

09:00 –10:00

Kazuhiko Maekawa (Tokyo University)

10:00 – 10:15

Break

10:15 – 11:15

Kazuhiko Maekawa (Tokyo University)

11:00 – 11:30

Break

11:30 – 12:30

Ronald Goans (REAC/TS)

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 – 14:30

Kazuhiko Maekawa (Tokyo University)

14:30 – 14:45

Break

14:45 – 15:45

Ronald Goans (REAC/TS)

15:45 – 16:00

Break

16:00 – 17:00

Kazunori Kodama (HICARE)

Epidemiological Research on A-Bombsurvivors in Hiroshima

09:00 – 10:00

Eduardo Daniel Herrera Reyes (IAEA)

International Arrangements for Assistance

10:00 – 12:00

Program at RERF

Facility tour, Round table discussion,
Learning assessment.

12:00 – 12:15

Toshiteru Okubo (HICARE)

Closing remarks

Acute Radiation Syndrome: clinical picture,
diagnosis and treatment. Part 2Accident overview: Goiania and Thailand

Major nuclear accidents: JCO

Delayed Effects

FRIDAY 1

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