2021 Volume 24 Issue 1 Pages 51-60
The number of ambulance usages is increasing year by year and it is an urgent issue to optimize the use of ambulances in Japan. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Fire Agency reported that more than 50% of transported cases by ambulance were mild cases. We investigated current situations of ambulance usages of university students by analysis of medical records in A Hospital. The JTAS levels of 50% students case at Emergency Unit was “low emergency” and “non-emergency”, and about 10% of visitors were hospitalized. Our study indicated that 50% of the cases were unnecessary for emergency requests of ambulance. We conducted questionnaire survey of 94 university students to collect, information on awareness and behavior at situation of acute sickness. 76.6% of students answerd fever above 38.5˚C to be serious, in addition, 62.8% of them answerd that they would consider seeing a doctor when sudden illness appeared. This result showed lack of their knowledge of their physical symptoms and self managing in emergency situations was shortage.
