%0 Journal Article %T Overview of doctor©\staffed ambulance use in Japan: a nationwide survey and 1©\week study %A Hidetoshi Yamana %A Hiroyuki Yokota %A Jun Hagiwara %A Kosuke Nagakura %A Shoji Yokobori %A Tomohiko Masuno %J Archive of "Acute Medicine & Surgery". %D 2018 %R 10.1002/ams2.347 %X In Japan, standard prehospital care is provided by emergency medical services teams. Doctor©\staffed ambulances play a role in facilitating the immediate treatment of critically ill patients to increase the survival rates. However, little is known about their activities. We revealed the present situation of doctor©\staffed ambulances in Japan %K Doctor©\staffed ambulance %K emergency life©\saving technician %K Japan %K prehospital care %K survey %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6167388/