Critical Care NursingSchool of Human Health Sciences

RN, DrPh,Associate Professor Chika Nishiyama

Critical care nursing means providing the utmost care to severely ill patients in critical periods regardless of location, whether the ER, ICU, surgery ward or elsewhere. Life-threatening crises, however, can happen not only in hospital setting but anywhere, at any time, and to anybody in daily life. Therefore a conception including prehospital care is essential to critical care nursing. We are engaged in researching the inclusion of prehospital care which can be brought back to the emergency setting so as to save as many lives as possible.

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Research and Education

  1. Overview
    We conduct our research using epidemiological methods with the goal of contributing to the development of emergency medical care and resuscitation science. Our major research themes are CPR education and the prevention of sudden cardiac death. We provide evidence from our epidemiological studies to real emergency settings and validate it in the real world to strengthen its reliability. We also conduct lectures and training sessions based on our study results for healthcare professionals and paramedics, and teach CPR to ordinary citizens and healthcare providers.
  2. Guiding Principles of our Research
    1) To form research questions conforming to the real/clinical setting and resolve them
    2) To maintain close cooperation with the real/clinical setting
    3) To generate evidence that can be utilized in policy and guidelines
    4) To return the research results to the general public and medical personnel

Publications

  1. Nishiyama C, Yoshimura S, Taniguchi T, et al. Strategies for Reducing Sudden Cardiac Death by Raising Public Awareness – A Statement From the Education and Implementation for Cardiac Emergency Committee of the Japanese Circulation Society. Circ J. 2025;89:394-418.
  2. Nishiyama C, Takenouchi S, Okuno Y, Kakuda Y, Ohtsuru S. Nurses’ understanding of the necessity of core items recommended by the latest Utstein resuscitation registry template for in-hospital cardiac arrest: a cross-sectional study. Resusc Plus. 2024; 20:100757.
  3. Mariko A, Takuya W, Misa T, et al. Impact of Different Therapeutic Strategies With Left Ventricular Assist Devices on Health-Related Quality of Life During Prolonged Device-Based Support. Circ Rep. 2023;5:289-297.
  4. Sakaki Y, Nakamura M. End-of-life care in intensive care units: A concept analysis. Journal of International Nursing Research. 2023; e2022-0001.
  5. Nishiyama C, Kiguchi T, Okubo M, et al. Three-year trends in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest across the world: second report from the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR). Resuscitation. 2023;186:109757.

Laboratory

Associate Professor: Chika Nishiyama, RN, DrPh
Associate Professor: Yuri Sakaki, RN,MSN
Assistant Professor: Mariko Asase, RN, PHN, PhD, Yoko Yamauchi, RN,MSN

URL:https://criticalcare.link/ (in Japanese)

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