Emergency in Okinawa

Emergencies are inevitable and usually unexpected. (Like we'd actually plan them, right?)  Add in the foreign country or newbie factor, and emergencies can feel overwhelming.  But with the proper readiness, getting through an emergency will be a little less daunting.

To reach emergency services from on base, just dial 911. 

To reach 911 emergency services from off base or cell phones, dial 098-911-1911

The EMERGENCY ROOM is located on Camp Lester at the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa.  Camp Lester is located between Kadena's gate 1 and Foster's commissary gate on Highway 58. 

U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa Telephone numbers.  Emergency Phone numbers should be written down or programmed into your phone. (If the power goes out during a typhoon, trying to look up numbers on the internet might not work.)

If you need medical advice, you can call the Okinawa Clinical Answering Service

And if your beloved pet should need medical care, check HERE or HERE.

Red Cross Numbers:                     
Camp Foster 645-3800
Camp Courtney 622-9729
Camp Kinser 637-1017
Lester Hospital 643-7521
Kadena AFB 634-1979

Many useful Japanese phrases in an emergency can be found HERE.  One word which I didn't see on the list was Help me!  Tasu-kete! (This word would be used if, say, someone was trying to rob you or if you were drowning.  It is a serious word.  Not the word to use if you were walking into a beauty salon on a bad hair day.)

If anyone has any more information useful in an emergency, please share. 

Comments

[Heather N.]

Thank you! It is wonderful to have all the information in one easy to get to place.

[Daniela]

Very useful.
Thanks so much

[Diana M.]

Kandy, Tasu-kete! is what I feel like saying after a long day's work of being a mom! However, I know the real use thanks to you. Very useful info. Thank you!

[Jackie Lewis]

Thanks for this! Can I suggest that everyone print this out and post it at home? Since we live off base and only have cell phones for local calls and a vonage box for calling home, my husband and I were thoroughly confused about how to call on base from out here. So I put together a house manager's binder with the prefix substitutions for calling each base, plus other helpful info like samples of Japanese phone conversations (I can email these files to anyone who wants them), and other important phone numbers (housekeeper, salon, library), our family calendar, etc. I have printed this post and it's going in the book too!

[Heather N.]

Jackie I made one of those too! We are on base so it was calling off base or my husbands cell phone that was VERY confusing to me when we first arrived. Having my Home Notebook makes it so easy to find numbers information I need. If you don't want to make your own Home Notebook you can always go to http://www.momagenda.com and buy a pre-made one.

[Kandy]

The unique forms that can be downloaded are SO nice. Thanks for sharing this site, Heather. (I'm like a kid in a candy store...I know its sad.)

[Heather N.]

Ha Ha Kandy I was the same way. I tried to show my husband but he just gave me a funny look!

[TaraF]

Does anyone know of a chiropractor that takes walk-ins and doesn't charge 50,000 yen for a first visit? I am having trouble finding a chiro on the island and am in dire need of one!

Thanks

[Kandy]

Tara F, I only know of the places at the links below. But I have neither been there nor have heard any reviews. I'll start a discussion on Okinawa Hai Society about those places to see if anyone has had an experience with them. If you haven't already, perhaps you can call. I'll keep you posted if I hear of any other place. I hope that gets you started.

http://www.okinawa.cc/Chiro/

http://www.okinawa-chiropractic.com/index.php