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
* 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
* 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 = (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
Hospital-transfer medical service situation duties promotion system
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
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- Ministry of Health and Welfare
- Local Governments
- EMS institutions
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