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Emergency Medical Service System (EMSS) in Tokyo: Special Reference to the Disaster Program

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Masakazu Tsuzuki ,
Haruhiko Tsutsumi ,
Tohru Aruga  and
Kohji Mii
Masakazu Tsuzuki
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Haruhiko Tsutsumi
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Tohru Aruga
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Kohji Mii
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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The Emergency Medical Service System in Tokyo has been developed through the cooperative efforts and achievements of many. EMS in Tokyo consists of three parts: 1) the network system of emergency hospitals; 2) the transportation system of emergency patients (Ambulance System); and 3) the communications system (Emergency Medical Information System). Emergency services are controlled by the Japanese Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Welfare. The former is in charge of ambulance and rescue services located in the fire department, the latter has to do with medical affairs.

Type
Research Article
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 3 , Issue 1: Contributions from the Third World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Rome, Italy, May, 1983 , 1987 , pp. 52 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1987

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