Hello, everyone.

Today, I am going to talk about the helicopter first aid of Japan.

 The doctor helicopter business which started in earnest in 2001 increased that it became 4,444 number of dispatch, 4,253 medical treatment numbers of people in 11 places of the whole countryin2006. The number of dispatch increased by 8.4 percent in compared with 2005. The number of dispatch of the doctor helicopter increases year by year.

The dispatch request of doctor helicopter is three cases.

First, when the communication order person in charge of the firefighting headquarters order center judges the need of the doctor helicopter from perception content.
Secondly, when an ambulance crew observes the sick and wounded on the spot, and judges the need of the doctor helicopter.
Thirdly, when a doctor judges the transfer to a more highly advanced emergency care engine or a specialized medical institution to be necessary.When the disabled is dangerously ill. The doctor who gets into a doctor helicopter performs required treatment at the emergency spot. And the doctor conveys patient information using radio to conveyance medical institution. The doctor corresponding to the radio convenes man power and prepares for the necessary examination and treatment. The staff of the hospital becomes able to in this way accept the disabled by the perfect system. The staff of the hospital becomes able to in this way accept the disabled by the perfect system. In this way, a lifesaving rate of the seriously ill patient improves, and aftereffects are reduced. The navigation of the doctor helicopter requires pilot, mechanic, three people of the navigation manager at least. In the case of the dispatch, pilot, mechanic, doctor, four people of the nurse are dispatched. A doctor and a nurse boarding a helicopter have charge. On a charge day, doctor helicopter dispatch is placed as top priority duties. For the time to takeoff from a dispatch request, it takes an average of 3.1 minutes in Chiba and for an average of 3.79 minutes of the whole country. It may be said that it is under the quick dispatch system in each place. The navigation is the 365 days system, but bad weather and the night navigation do not. In Chiba, It set the navigation time from 8:30 a.m. to sunset and navigate. The place of the taking off and landing chooses a safe place. In Chiba, the heliport for emergency owns 980 places now.The main place is a park, the ground of the elementary and junior high school, a sports stadium. But when there is distance from the spot to the heliport, If security is secured by the cooperation of the firefighting organization, The space where the pilot judged that taking off and landing is possible can take off and land. In addition, about the lifesaving activity of the disabled by the traffic accident on the expressway, examination is pushed forward in each place.In Chiba, taking off and landing was enabled on the expressway Main Line which met the standard that was more constant than April, 2007.