Nation's First! Automated External Defibrillator Installation in Convenience Stores Promoted... Busan City and GS25 Yeongnam Headquarters Sign 'Emergency First Aid Training Expansion MOU'

Agreement Signed at City Hall on the 2nd... Established to Utilize Convenience Stores for Rapid Emergency Response and Build an Emergency Medical Safety Network

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] On the 2nd at 3 PM, Busan City will sign a "Business Agreement to Expand Emergency Treatment Education such as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)" with GS25 Yeongnam Headquarters, the operator of GS25 convenience stores, at City Hall.

The city has been striving to build an emergency medical safety net by promoting participation in emergency treatment education such as CPR and expanding the distribution of automated external defibrillators (AEDs).

This business agreement was prepared as part of the city's efforts to promptly respond to emergencies by utilizing "convenience stores," which operate 24 hours and are located in densely populated areas with good accessibility, and to establish a more thorough emergency medical safety net.

The agreement will include mutual cooperation between the two organizations in ▲expanding emergency treatment education such as CPR ▲distributing automated external defibrillators within GS25 convenience stores ▲increasing participation of GS25 convenience store employees in emergency treatment education.

The "distribution of automated external defibrillators within convenience stores" is being attempted for the "first time nationwide."

The city and GS25 Yeongnam Headquarters will pilot this at some locations, analyze the installation effects, and then expand it to all GS25 convenience stores in the Busan area.

Jo Bong-su, Director of the Citizen Health Bureau of Busan City, said, "The importance of emergency treatment such as CPR has been further emphasized due to the recent Itaewon incident," adding, "Taking this business agreement as an opportunity, we plan to establish a cooperative system with GS25 Yeongnam Headquarters and promote various joint projects to build an emergency medical safety net through convenience stores. We will continue to do our best to protect the lives and health of citizens."

At the signing ceremony, Jo Bong-su, Director of the Citizen Health Bureau of Busan City, and Kim Sang-mok, Head of GS25 Yeongnam Headquarters division, are scheduled to attend and sign the business agreement.

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