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The Emergency Medicine Department at our university was established as an academic unit in 1995. Prior to this, the Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital Emergency Center was established in 1989 and developed as part of the emergency group of the former Second Department of Surgery (former chairperson Kyoichi Hamano). After former chairperson Hamano retired, former chairperson Tadashi Suzuki was appointed Head of the Emergency and Critical Care Center and chairperson in 1996. He established the course that became the foundation of current emergency medical care and emergency medicine in Japan. Professor and Head of the Core Department Arino Yaguchi took over as Head of the Emergency and Critical Care Center in May 2024. Our job involves managing the intensive care unit, running primary and secondary emergency medical departments (EmD; Emergency Divisions), and participating in DMAT (Disaster Medical Assistant Teams). We aim to participate in active international exchanges, including international conferences and study abroad programs.
BLS training during orientation at medical school is the first opportunity for students to learn about emergency medicine. We accept one third-year medical student each year for a research project. We determine what the student is interested in based on interviews and the focus of their studies (including questions that have arisen and key areas of interest) and provide guidance, from planning the research to presenting the findings. Every year, the results of this research are presented at an academic conference in the field of emergency medicine.
In the fourth year of medical school, students can learn about a comprehensive range of emergency and intensive care fields, including "Disaster Medicine" as general knowledge in the Practical Learning Lectures of Sincerity and Love and "Emergency Medicine," "General Introduction to Emergency Medicine," "First Aid," "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation," "Diagnosis and Symptomology in Emergency Medicine," "Treatment Techniques in Emergency Medicine," "Poisoning," "Disaster Medicine ," "Special Emergency Medicine," "Traumatology," "Legal Issues Related to Emergency Medicine," "General Introduction to Intensive Care Medicine," "Sepsis and Multiple Organ Failure," and "ECMO" in the basics of medical treatment. During practical training, airway management, tracheal intubation, and cricothyrotomy are performed using a simulator prior to clinical training. In addition, we provide training in first aid, such as bandaging and hemostasis, as well as BLS cardiopulmonary resuscitation for OSCE . Fifth-year medical students complete a compulsory four-week clinical training course at one of three facilities: this hospital, Adachi Medical Center, or Yachiyo Medical Center. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, we also conducted ambulance ride training and night shift duty training. The lectures include an overview of hospital training, with workshops on "patient rights," "ethical decisions," and "brain death and organ transplantation." Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, an "Ethical Judgment" course was held in the Waseda University Auditorium as a joint workshop between fourth-year students from the School of Nursing and Waseda University (School of Human Sciences, School of Law, School of Letters). Through discussions with students enrolled in other departments, the workshop also emphasizes the importance of medical professionalism. In addition, because this is a participatory training program for student-doctors, during elective training in the sixth year, they will be assigned to the same doctors as initial clinical trainees and perform procedures when possible. Lectures will also be given to prepare for OSCE and national exams.
The main research topics in this field are as follows:
1) The pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of sepsis
2) The prognosis and treatment of post-cardiopulmonary resuscitation syndrome
3) End-of-life care in the field of emergency intensive care
4) The role of medical institutions in the event of a disaster
5) Causes of drug overdose
6) Emergency care for the elderly
7) Emergency medical care and diagnostic methods in medical school education
8) Lethal effects of central nervous system stimulants and narcotics
In the fields of emergency care, intensive care, and addiction care, even individual case reports are valuable. Domestic conferences generally focus on case reports, while overseas conferences serve as a venue for presenting clinical research. All of our papers have been accepted for presentation at the Society of Critical Care Medicine, International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and International Sepsis Forum. We also actively conduct collaborative research in the field of basic medicine with other universities and with academic societies.
Professor and Division head Shiyuusuke MORI
Clinical Professor Munekazu TAKEDA
Lecturer Mizuho NAMIKI
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〒162-8666
8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
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