Evaluation of emergency medical services institutions

Implements EMS evaluation to provide credible EMS whenever and wherever

Business summary

Foundation and objectives of the business

  • To assess the operation and current situation of rescue of EMS institutions, etc. across the nation to improve the quality of EMS (EMS institutions, etc.: Operators of EMS institutions, ambulances, etc.)
    • To improve the quality of EMS by providing measures for the evaluation of EMS institutions and quality management in accordance with the reorganized 2016 EMS Delivery System.
  • Pediatric emergency
    • To promote the operation of safe and credible children’s ER by providing prompt and professional treatment that considers the characteristics of pediatric patients
  • First aid service
    • To minimize the death and disability of severe emergency patients with safe and fast transport of patients to final medical care center through evaluation of the quality of 119 first aid service
  • Vulnerable areas
    • To enhance the level of EMS service of EMS institutions in vulnerable areas by improving the evaluation index and quality management

Business goal

Improvement in the quality of EMS by conducting evaluation of EMS institutions
Rate of sufficiency in legal standard of EMS institutions 82.1% in 2015 to 85% in 2016 Rate of sufficiency in legal standard of EMS institutions 82.1% in 2015 to 85% in 2016
Time of the stay of severe emergency patients 7 hours in 2015 to within 6 hours in 2016 Time of the stay of severe emergency patients 7 hours in 2015 to within 6 hours in 2016
Improvement in the evaluation of EMS institutions in vulnerable areas and service quality
Rate of sufficiency in legal standard of EMS institutions in vulnerable areas 62% in 2015 to 65% in 2016 Rate of sufficiency in legal standard of EMS institutions in vulnerable areas 62% in 2015 to 65% in 2016
Grade on the appropriateness of hospital transfer in EMS institutions in vulnerable areas 4.0 in 2015 to 5.0 in 2016 Grade on the appropriateness of hospital transfer in EMS institutions in vulnerable areas 4.0 in 2015 to 5.0 in 2016
Establishment of Pediatric ER system to improve the quality of pediatric EMS
Rate of sufficiency in the operational standard for pediatric ER Over 80% in 2016 Rate of sufficiency in the operational standard for pediatric ER Over 80% in 2016
Establishment of appropriate transfer system within regions by improving the professionalism of 119 emergency medical services
The rate of use of 119 ambulances by patients with severe injuries or cardiac arrest 62% in 2015 to 65% in 2016 The rate of use of 119 ambulances by patients with severe injuries or cardiac arrest 62% in 2015 to 65% in 2016

Business summary

Legal basis

Articles 17 and 25 of the Emergency Medical Service Act: Evaluation of emergency medical institutions, etc. and National Emergency Medical Center

Promotion system
응급의료기관평가 사업 관련 추진체계
Business contents
Business contents
Task Task range Target
Evaluation and management of the quality of EMS institutions
  • Evaluation of EMS institutions
  • Management of the quality of EMS
  • Evaluation of subsidies
  • 414 EMS institutions
    (18 local, two professional, 125 centers, 269 institutions)
  • Subsidies provided to EMS institutions
Evaluation and management of the quality of EMS institutions in vulnerable areas
  • Evaluation of EMS institutions in vulnerable areas
  • Management of the quality of EMS in vulnerable areas
  • 96 EMS institutions in vulnerable areas (35 guns with level A in vulnerability, 33 guns and three cities with level B, 14 guns and 17 cities with level C)
Evaluation and management of the quality of pediatric ERs
  • Evaluation of pediatric ERs
  • Management of the quality of pediatric ERs
  • 10 pediatric ERs
Evaluation of 119 EMS
  • Preliminary evaluation of 119 EMS
  • 18 fire defense headquarters and 194 fire stations