Lifesaving Center

Philosophy and Basic Policy of the Emergency Medical Center

Philosophy

We practice high-quality emergency and acute medical care in collaboration with the local community at our Emergency Comprehensive Medical Center.

Statement of Purpose

We provide acute medical care that meets diverse medical needs
We will work to enhance the acute phase and emergency medical care system in cooperation with the community.
We operate an ER (emergency outpatient department) that accepts emergency patients with various degrees of illness.
24-hour emergency medical care for critically ill patients
Acting as the core of pediatric emergency medical care
We support wide-area transport of severely ill patients using doctor cars/helicopters both in normal times and in times of disaster.
We will develop human resources who will be responsible for emergency comprehensive medical care.
We will act as a medical support team to respond to prompt patient acceptance in the event of a disaster.

There is a life-saving emergency center in Ibaraki Prefecture.6Advanced emergency medical centers1There are 10 emergency medical centers. The emergency medical centers provide highly specialized medical care to seriously ill patients.24It is based on a 24-hour system of care and plays an important role in acute medical care.
1985Our hospital was established in conjunction with the Tsukuba International Exposition in 2007, and is the first in Ibaraki Prefecture.2Since then, we have provided a wide range of emergency medical care for patients with mild to severe illnesses, andCTinspection(PMCT) to determine the cause of death, a doctor's car,DMATWe carry out a wide range of emergency medical activities, including pre-hospital emergency medical care using cars and medical care during disasters.

Support for patients from emergency transport to walk-in patients

In fiscal year 2024, there were 6130 emergency transports, of which 1451 (24%) were admitted to the intensive care unit. The main injuries and illnesses included acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, severe trauma, and cerebrovascular disorders. However, seriously ill patients are not always transported by ambulance, and may come directly to the hospital in their own cars. At our hospital, we triage patients who visit the emergency room and respond quickly to patients with high urgency. This prevents sudden changes in their condition while waiting to be examined.

Pre-hospital emergency medical care using doctor's cars

2012We have been operating passenger-type doctor cars since.2024In the fiscal year1,049There was a dispatch,258We performed pre-hospital medical treatment in cases. The Doctor Car is dispatched at the request of the fire department and works in cooperation with the ambulance team to meet up with them at the scene or during transport, where doctors and nurses provide medical treatment. In cases such as acute myocardial infarction or severe trauma, the doctor in the Doctor Car contacts the hospital and can quickly prepare for treatment. This system prevents the condition of the injured person from worsening and allows the optimal treatment to begin immediately after arrival at the hospital.

Response to cardiac arrest and determination of cause of death by postmortem CT scan (PMCT)

At our center, we perform PMCT (post-mortem CT scan) on almost all cases of confirmed death in the emergency room. In particular, in cases of unwitnessed cardiac arrest, the cause of death may be unclear because the progress of the event is unclear, but PMCT may detect acute aortic dissection or cerebral hemorrhage, making it possible to identify the cause of death.
In addition, in cases of cardiac arrest such as acute aortic dissection, standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation is often unable to save the patient's life, and determining the cause of death using PMCT may have an impact on future response methods.

Role as a disaster base hospital

Our hospital also serves as a disaster base hospital. In the event of a disaster, doctors and nurses from the emergency medical center will be the main members of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) and will be active in the area. Our hospital has served as the DMAT base for the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the 2012 Tsukuba tornado, and the 2015 Joso City flood, and has been involved in DMAT dispatch activities in the 2019 Chiba Prefecture wide-area power outage caused by a typhoon, and the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake.

Disaster base hospital

Let's all make a Doctor Car and DMAT Car!

Achievements

Number of ambulance transports (FY2023)

Doctor Car Operation Results (FY2023)

Doctor helicopter and disaster prevention helicopter operation results (FY2023)

* What is Doctor Helicopter?
A small helicopter loaded with medical equipment and medicines is equipped with emergency medical specialists and nurses.
Our hospital has a heliport and accepts emergency patients by doctor helicopter.

Breakdown of patients admitted to emergency medical centers from emergency outpatient clinics (FY2023)