Greetings
The Department of Emergency Medicine serves as a tertiary emergency medical facility, and is operated 24 hours a day, every day of the year.We accept and treat critically ill patients who are brought by ambulance with injuries due to traffic accidents or falls, etc., heart attacks (cardiopulmonary arrest on arrival), extensive burns, severe infection, shock, intoxication, etc.
We also accept serious cases that cannot be handled at other hospitals.
The Department of Emergency Medicine is a relatively new department, established in line with the establishment of the Department of Acute and Critical Care Medicine.
Emergency care is provided by doctors specializing in emergency medicine and intensive care medicine.
As a tertiary emergency medical facility, we handle approximately 1,000 serious cases per year. These include cardiopulmonary arrest on arrival, multiple injuries, etc., indicating the quality of critical care provided. We also nurtures professionals who eventually not only support emergency medical care in Hokkaido, but also in the rest of the world. Several staff members who have achieved acclaim in Japan and elsewhere promote the development of emergency medicine.
Outline
Medical care system
We provide medical care to approximately 1,000 serious patients annually.With the establishment of the Department of Acute and Critical Care Medicine at Hokkaido University, doctors of the department started providing tertiary emergency care at Hokkaido University Hospital on June 5, 2000.
Treatment policy
Patients with a highly serious condition are managed in the intensive care unit undergoing examinations and treatment for 24 hours a day as necessary.Patients who have recovered from a critical condition are treated in the Emergency Medicine ward on the 2nd floor. If the patients have only one disorder to be treated, they are transferred to the concerned departments or hospitals.
At our department, doctors specializing in acute-phase management medicine provide medical care for critical cases.
