Yokohama City Disaster Relief Nurse (Y Nurse)

On Sunday, January 19, 2025, we will hold a Y-Nurse follow-up training.
This is a training program for Y-Nurs registrants to improve the knowledge and skills necessary to engage in medical rescue activities in the event of a disaster as a medical rescue squad.
We look forward to your application.

It is a nursing profession working as a "medical rescue squad" based on disaster preparedness plan, Yokohama City, together with pre-registered doctors, pharmacists, and city officials in the event of a disaster such as the Great East Japan Earthquake. Activities will mainly provide emergency medical care for mildly ill people at evacuation centers in the city.

• Y Nurse Recruitment Guide (PDF: 1,649KB)
• Y-Nurse registration certificate (sample)
  

Qualified public health nurses, midwives, nurses, and associate nurses who live or work in Yokohama City, who can provide support activities at evacuation shelter (designated elementary and junior high schools) in each ward of Yokohama City in the event of a disaster. (However, in principle, those who are supposed to attend the workplace in the event of a disaster, such as working at a hospital, are excluded.)

You can register in the following two ways. After application, you will receive a Y-Nurse registration certificate from the ward office that accepted it.

You can register with the Yokohama City Electronic Application and Notification System.
※　You need to log in to the Yokohama City Electronic Application and Notification System.
・New registration procedure (Yokohama-shi electronic application, report system) (outside site)

Please fill out the registration form with required items and submit it to Health and Welfare Division Health and Welfare Center, ward where you wish to register, by mail or e-mail.
・Y Nurse Registration Application Form (Word: 16KB)

"What is the difference between disaster medicine and ordinary medicine?" "I'm interested in Y-Nurs, but what do I do?…", etc.
"Registration promotion training" for those who are wondering or anxious.
"I registered with Y Nurse, what should I do if a disaster actually occurs? Can I work properly?…For those who say
“Follow-up training” is held once a year to enhance knowledge and skills.

●Registration promotion training…We will provide rudimentary knowledge and skills training on the disaster medical system in Yokohama City and the role of Y-Nurs.
Those who have not registered with Y Nurse can also take the course.
●Follow-up training…For those registered with Y-Nurs, we will provide training on knowledge and skills necessary for nursing activities in the event of a disaster.

Results of training held in FY2024
Registration promotion training: Ended on Sunday, October 20, 2024
Follow-up training： Held on Sunday, January 19, 2025
Results of training held in FY2023
Registration promotion training: Ended on Sunday, October 8, 2023
Follow-up training: Ended on Sunday, January 28, 2024

If you have registered Y Nurse and your registration details (name, Address, contact information, type of license, ward you wish to register) are changed, please notify us below.
・Registration change online (Yokohama-shi electronic application, notification system) (outside site)
・Notification of change in registered contents (word: 19KB)

If you are a Y-Nurse registration and wish to cancel your registration, please notify us below.
・Online cancellation (Yokohama-shi electronic application, notification system) (outside site)
・Registration Cancellation Notification (word: 19KB)