Yamagata University Hospital

Clinical Divisions

Emergency and Critical Care Medicine

 This department provides acute medical care to sudden onset, highly urgent diseases, multiple trauma, or acute poisoning.

In particular:

1.Provide medical care to patients transported by ambulance.

2.Provide treatment when a patient complains a sudden worsening in his/her condition, such as acute abdominal pain, severe headache, or multiple trauma.

3.Conduct emergency medical care in cases such as cardiopulmonary arrest and multiple trauma.

4.Conduct systemic treatments for patients with severe burns and acute poisoning in the advanced critical care center.

5.Perform targeted temperature management in the intensive care unit in order to protect brain functions after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation.


*Primary care for emergency patients is conducted in our emergency department. We provide medical care in cooperation with clinical doctors from the related departments in order to conduct thorough examination and the following specialized treatments.