Holiday and Nighttime Emergency Center - Emergency Center

Japanese: 休日・夜間急患センター - きゅうじつやかんきゅうかんせんたー

...Furthermore, the proportion of internal medicine and pediatric patients has been increasing, and since 1976 the Ministry of Health and Welfare has been working to establish an emergency medical system and an emergency medical information system. This emergency medical system is made up of three levels. As primary emergency medical facilities that provide emergency medical care for those with mild symptoms, emergency centers for holiday and nighttime patients are established in cities with a population of 50,000 or more, and a system of house call doctors is also in place at the county or city medical association level. As secondary emergency medical facilities, hospitals with dedicated emergency beds and medical staff capable of responding to emergencies are being established in secondary medical areas to ensure medical care for emergency patients who require hospitalization on holidays and at night. ...

From the Emergency Medical Center:

... Emergency medical centers are medical institutions with advanced medical treatment capabilities that serve as rear hospitals for primary and secondary emergency medical facilities and accept seriously ill emergency patients with strokes, myocardial infarctions, head injuries, etc. The goal since 1992 has been to have one in every region with a population of 300,000 or more, and as of 1997, 137 have been established. In the initial stage of the emergency medical system, there were initial (primary) emergency medical facilities such as holiday and nighttime emergency centers, holiday dental clinics, and on-call doctors, as well as secondary emergency medical facilities based on a rotation system among hospital groups. Since 1976, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has designated national and prefectural hospitals and university hospitals in various regions as emergency medical centers and provided support. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Holiday/Nighttime Emergency Center" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…さらに，内科･小児科系患者の比率が増し，76年から厚生省は，救急医療体系および救急医療情報システムの整備を図っている。　この救急医療体系とは3次からなり，軽症者のための救急医療を担当する第1次救急医療施設として，原則人口5万以上の市に，休日･夜間急患センターを整備し，また，郡市医師会単位で在宅当番医制を設けている。第2次救急医療施設として，第2次医療圏単位に休日･夜間の入院治療を必要とする救急患者の診療を確保するため，救急に対応できる医療従事者を配置し，救急専用病床を確保した病院を整備している。…

【救命救急センター】より

…救急救命センターは，初期および第二次救急医療施設の後方病院として，脳卒中･心筋梗塞･頭部損傷等の重篤な救急患者を受け入れるため，高度の診療機能を有している医療機関で，1992年度からおおむね人口30万以上の地域に1ヵ所を目標とし，1997年現在，137ヵ所が整備されている。救急医療体制は，初期段階として休日･夜間急患センター，休日等歯科診療所，在宅当番医などの初期(第一次)救急医療施設や，病院群の輪番制等による第二次救急医療施設がある。厚生省は1976年以降，各地の国立･都道府県立病院，大学病院などを救命救急センターに指定し，支援している。…

※「休日・夜間急患センター」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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