Jeonnam Fire Headquarters Establishes Emergency Duty System During Lunar New Year Holiday

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Fire Headquarters (Chief Ma Jaeyoon) announced on the 23rd that it will make every effort to manage 119 reports and situations in preparation for various accidents such as traffic accidents and emergency patient occurrences during the Lunar New Year holiday period from the 24th to the 27th.

During last year's Lunar New Year holiday period, the average daily number of 119 reports was 2,303, which is 52.3% higher than usual, and medical consultations such as hospital and pharmacy guidance averaged 345 cases per day, which is 3.3 times higher than usual.

During the Lunar New Year holiday, due to the large-scale national migration and increased floating population, traffic accidents caused by homecoming and returning vehicles increase, and various patients such as abdominal pain, falls among the elderly, and infectious diseases surge, while medical institution treatments such as hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies decrease.

In preparation for this, the 119 comprehensive situation room has established an emergency duty system for the Lunar New Year holiday, deploying more staff than usual to the situation room to guide emergency patients to hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies operating during the holiday period.

Additionally, they will inform patient guardians of emergency treatment methods that can be performed before the ambulance arrives, and especially, an emergency medicine specialist will be on duty in the situation room to provide medical guidance such as customized pre-hospital emergency treatment and medical consultation to paramedics, aiming to improve survival rates.

Ma Jaeyoon, Chief of Jeonnam Fire Headquarters, said, “If medical consultation for emergency patients is needed or various safety accidents occur during the Lunar New Year holiday period, calling 119 will provide prompt assistance,” and added, “Please purchase simple first aid supplies in advance and pay attention to safety in daily life to have a joyful holiday without accidents.”

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