Aoba Ward's Disaster Medical System (hospitals and regional fixed-point medical care centers)

• Disaster base hospital
• Disaster Cooperation Hospitals (7 hospitals)
• Regional fixed-point medical care base at the time of disaster
• Visiting medical care
• Y nurse (Yokohama City Disaster Support Nurses)

Health and Welfare Center, Health and Welfare Division, telephone 978-2436

If you get injured or sick, choose a medical institution according to the degree of urgency and the severity of symptoms.

We accept injured, etc., mainly for severely ill patients who are difficult to provide medical care by cooperating hospitals and clinics.

＊After the disaster, when medical treatment becomes possible, a red “medical treatment” flag is raised and medical treatment is performed.

In addition to disaster base hospitals, we accept mainly those with moderate injured, which is difficult to provide medical care by the clinics and others.

(in Japanese alphabetical order)

＊After the disaster, when medical treatment becomes possible, a yellow “medical treatment” flag is raised and medical treatment is performed.

• "Eda Memorial Hospital" has been newly added to the Disaster Cooperation Hospital. (March 2015)

In the event that an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 6 or less is observed in Aoba Ward, with the cooperation of the evacuation shelter Steering Committee and medical organizations, we will establish a regional fixed-point medical center for emergency medical care for minor injuries.

Functions
（１） Provide emergency medical care for minor injuries caused by disasters
（２） Stockpiling of medical supplies and medical equipment
（３） Provision of medical facility information
（４） Visiting other evacuation shelter

(in Japanese alphabetical order)

＊After the disaster, when medical treatment becomes possible, we will raise the yellow “during medical care” flag and provide medical treatment.

• "Manual for establishing and operating a regional fixed-point medical base in the event of a disaster" and other formatsPage for people involved in regional fixed-point medical care bases during disastersYou can download it from here. NEW

In addition to "fixed-point medical treatment", which grasps medical needs and fixed the medical treatment location, we also visit the local fixed-point medical care base to nearby evacuation shelter to provide emergency medical care.

Aoba Ward is looking for qualified nurses, associate nurses, public health nurses, and midwives who live or work in the injured at fixed-point medical centers (12 locations in the ward) in the event of a major earthquake.

• What is "Y Nurse"?

It is a nursing profession working as a "medical rescue squad" based on disaster preparedness plan, Yokohama, together with pre-registered doctors, pharmacists, and city officials at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake. As activity contents, we perform emergency medical care mainly for mildly ill person in local fixed-point medical bases in ward.
※In disaster preparedness plan in Aoba Ward, if an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 6 or less is observed in Aoba Ward, fixed-point medical care will be provided at 12 evacuation shelter locations in the ward. In addition, we provide on-site medical services from regional fixed-point medical centers to other evacuation shelter.
※Please contact Health and Welfare Division (telephone 978-2436) for details of the activities.

• Y nurse recruitment guide (PDF: 904KB)
• Y Nurse Application Form (PDF: 219KB)

Please fill out the application form with the required items and mail it to the Health and Welfare Division Business Planning Section, Aoba Ward Health and Welfare Division Center.