Departments & Centers

Emergency Room

Diagnosis and treatments from mild to severe clinical conditions in various fields will be offered to emergency patients.

  • We will provide medical care regardless of the severity of the clinical condition, to any patient who requests it, at any time.
  • Prompt triage will be offered to all patients visiting the emergency room.
  • Judgments as to the need for hospitalization will be made, and patients will be referred to an appropriate specialist where necessary depending on their treatment plan or severity of their condition.
  • Emergency treatment will be offered to patients who have had sudden change to their clinical condition in all departments inside the hospital.
  • We will be the point of contact for emergency referral and transfer from community institutions, in coordination with the community healthcare coordination unit.
  • We will enhance our coordination with the community healthcare coordination unit through educational activities for emergency services as well as paramedics.
  • We will create and revise protocols for the emergency department.
  • We will contribute to the local community through the clinical research.

Highlights of the department

Patients will be treated as per “North American ER (emergency room) system”
The features of the “North American ER system” are as follows;

  • All patients regardless their severity, type of injury and age will be treated in the ER.
  • Emergency physicians will treat all kinds of emergency patients.
  • The ER is run and managed by emergency physicians.
  • In case trainee physicians are on duty, they will be guided by dedicated ER physicians.

Reference:

Japanese Association of Acute Medicine

Facebook page for IUHW Hospital, Emergency Room