Analysis of Bathing Related Accidents in Japan —Collaboration with Japanese Association for Acute Medicine—

VernacularTitle:Analysis of Bathing Related Accidents in Japan —Collaboration with Japanese Association for Acute Medicine—
Author: Yoshinori OHTSUKA ¹ ; Shigeko INOKUMA ² ; Hisashi SUGIMOTO ³
Author Information

1. Department of Human Developmental Science, Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University
2. Department Of Allergy And Rheumatic Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center
3. Japanese Association for Acute Medicine
Keywords: bathing; accidental toll; postmortem imaging
From:The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine 2011;74(4):239-245
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: Accidental tolls during bathig in Japanese subjects were analyzed in collaboration with Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. We sent out questionnaires to 212 medical emergency centers all over Japan to know the number of ambulance runs, outcomes of the patients, if they performed autopsy or postmortem imaging. Total number of victims was 782. More number of accidents occurred in elderly people and in winter season. Autopsies or postmortem imaging was rarely performed. To know the underlying causes of accidental death relating with bathing, autopsy and/or postmortem imaging should be done on more cases.