The Emergency Medical Service System in the Chuno Area in Gifu Prefecture: Investigation by the Emergency Medical Center in Rural Area
10.2185/jjrm.56.7
- Author:
Masatomo HAYASHI
;
Norio UEDA
;
Shigeru MORI
;
Hajime MIKAMO
;
Atsuko YAMADA
;
Takeshi SHIMADA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Area;
Medical;
Central;
Bale out;
medical care
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
2007;56(1):7-10
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
We investigated the system of emergency medical service in the Chuno area in Gifu prefecture.It was found that about 20,000 emergency cases were carried into the Emergency Medical Center (EMC) in Chuno Kosei Hospital annually. About 90% were patitents with mild disease or injury. During the past four years an increasing number of severely ill patients such as those acute myocardial infarction and cerebral apoplexy were transfered to our EMC from other hospitals in the Chuno area.We found that many emergency patients came to our EMC, which was not staffed with so many emergency care specialists nor equiped with so many beds for emergency patients. Therefore, we requested residents, family doctors, primary care clinics, common hospitals and administrators in the Chuno area, to contribute their share to emergency medical care together with EMC.In conclusion, we thought it necessary to build a better system of emergency medical care in this area promptly.
