Gyeonggi Fire Department Wins 'National 1st Place' in 119 Emergency Medical Service Competition

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters took first place nationwide in the emergency medical activity competition.

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters announced on the 23rd that it received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award (1st place nationwide) at the '3rd Korea Emergency Medical Activity Competition' held on the 20th at the Ramada Hotel in Daejeon, hosted by the National Fire Agency.

This competition involved 32 paramedics (4 members per team) from 8 cities and provinces nationwide, including Gyeonggi-do, who passed the first written evaluation. Teams competed by assuming a single emergency crisis situation to test their emergency treatment skills.

The provincial fire team, consisting of Fire Officer Jo Woong-ryong, Firefighters Kim Se-jin and Jo Han-bin (all from Bucheon Fire Station), and Fire Officer Park Eun (from Ansan Fire Station), performed emergency activities treating a stroke patient who tested positive for COVID-19 and transported the patient using negative pressure transport equipment, securing first place.

Since February, Gyeonggi-do has steadily increased its negative pressure transport equipment and currently operates 135 units, the highest level nationwide.

With 260 ambulances owned by the province, about one in every two ambulances is equipped with negative pressure transport equipment. Each fire station has 3 to 4 units.

Negative pressure transport equipment is designed to prevent the air and infectious materials inside from leaking outside when transporting infectious disease patients.

The Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters also won the grand prize at last year's World Paramedic Professional Emergency Treatment Skills Competition.

Kwon Oh-an, head of the Emergency Medical Measures Team at Gyeonggi Fire Headquarters, said, "This result is due to the excellent emergency treatment and transport capabilities of the paramedics combined with teamwork, utilizing the negative pressure transport equipment supported by Gyeonggi-do." He emphasized, "Going forward, Gyeonggi Fire will continue to strive to provide the best 119 emergency medical services to the residents of Gyeonggi-do nationwide."

Meanwhile, videos of this competition will be posted on social media platforms such as YouTube.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.