Key result
Great East Japan Earthquake caused ~9,500 deaths and widespread devastation in Miyagi Prefecture.
Why the study?
The factors influencing the occurrence of cardiopulmonary arrest during the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster were not well understood.
Informs regional disaster preparedness in cardiology; leaves open long-term CV outcome assessments in survivors.
On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake hit the northeast region of Japan with a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale, which was one of the largest ocean-trench earthquakes recorded in Japan [1]. The epicenter of the Earthquake was located at 38° latitude, 06.2′ North, 142° longitude, 51.6′ East, where it was closest to our Miyagi Prefecture (Fig. 1A). In the Miyagi prefecture, there was the largest amount of damage and victims including 9538 dead, 1269 missing persons, and 238,114 destroyed houses as of August 8, 2014, especially in the seacoast areas by the tsunami [2].
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Hao et al. (2014) studied Cardiopulmonary arrest. Great East Japan Earthquake was evaluated. The Great East Japan Earthquake resulted in 9,538 deaths, 1,269 missing persons, and 238,114 destroyed houses in the Miyagi Prefecture as of August 2014.
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