Operation of Disaster&Emergency Medical Operation Center

Enhances disaster response system and the security of severe emergency patients

Summary

Background and objectives of the business

Disaster response
  • To promptly address the situation and integrate and adjust the early medical response in the case of large-scale casualties to minimize death and disability
Hospital-transfer adjustment
  • To support severe emergency operations and surgical procedures that occur at night or on holidays and accommodate avoided diseases to improve emergency medical services

Goal

To minimize casualties and prepare a prompt response system in case of disaster
Opening time from the registration of disaster case to medical response 40 min (plan) in 2015 to within 25 min in 2016 Opening time from the registration of disaster case to medical response 40 min (plan) in 2015 to within 25 min in 2016

* Registration/medical response opening hour: The time it takes from the registration of a disaster in the situation room to the dispatch of disaster medical support team

To reduce the time of final treatment for serious emergency patients
Rate of success in hospital transfer adjustment 81% in 2015 to 85% in 2016 Rate of success in hospital transfer adjustment 81% in 2015 to 85% in 2016

* The rate of success in hospital transfer adjustment = {success in selection / (total number of registrations/registration cancellations)} x 100

Decrease in the rate of further hospital transfers of severe emergency patients
Rate of success in hospital transfer within 30 min. of hospital adjustment 70% in 2015 to 80% in 2016 Rate of success in hospital transfer within 30 min. of hospital adjustment 70% in 2015 to 80% in 2016

* Rate of success in hospital transfer within 30 min. of hospital adjustment = (success in selection within 30 min. / total success in selection) x 100

Summary

Legal basis

Article 25 (1)-5, 7 of the Emergency Medical Service Act: Coordination and support for duties related to emergency medical services during a disaster, etc. in Korea or overseas; Other duties related to emergency medical services prescribed by the Minister of Health and Welfare
* Division of Emergency Healthcare at the Ministry of Health and Welfare – Item 2812 (2014.06.18.) Installation and operation of 24-hour Disaster Emergency Medical Service Situation Room

Disaster medical service situation duties distribution system
재난의료 상황업무 전파체계
Hospital-transfer medical service situation duties promotion system
전원의료 상황업무 추진체계
Contents
Contents
Task Task contents Business Target
Disaster·Emergency medical operations center
  • 24/7 Disaster monitoring and allocating medical resource through the initiation disaster medical response in case of emergency
  • Supporting inter-hospital transferring of critically ill patients
  • Ministry of Health and Welfare
  • Local Governments
  • EMS institutions