title: [The status quo and future prospects of emergency medical service systems in Japan in view of the tight supply-demand situation for medical resources].
abstract: Considering the tight supply-demand situation for medical resources contributing to emergency medical service(EMS) systems at present and in the future in Japan, the author has explained the present states and future prospects of EMS systems in our country. EMS in remote places in this country is now consisting of the concentration of limited human resources, and is therefore suggestive of the EMS systems in the future, because we will have to deal with the possible exhaustion of EMS in our superannuated society progressing now and in the future. And also EMS systems will have to be maintained in the future with concerted efforts of all the medical staffs. The transferring the medical doctors' tasks to those of nurses and other staffs, that is to say the task shifting has just authorized by recent laws, and so the task shifting will be useful in the future EMS systems performed by all kinds of medical workers, in whom general physicians will be included as they are to be distributed throughout this country in the future.
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aruga
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000639:trends*; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D010348:Patient Care Team