Convenience Stores and Seoul City Sign Business Agreement to Expand Automated External Defibrillator Installation

Strengthening the Role of the Disaster Safety Net Platform

Yang Jae-seok, Head of Communications at BGF Retail, and Park Yu-mi, Director of Citizen Health Bureau of Seoul City, are taking a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement. Photo by BGF Retail

Convenience stores have signed a business agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Government to expand the installation of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and to promote rescue and first aid training.

An AED is an emergency rescue device that delivers an electric shock to a cardiac arrest patient to help restore heart function. Using an AED within the golden time of cardiac arrest can increase the patient's survival rate up to 80%.

BGF Retail plans to prepare space for installing AEDs in CU stores, designate and train safety management officers for each device at each store, and contribute in various ways to spreading a culture of first aid.

Seven Eleven will prioritize introducing AEDs at a total of 50 stores, with two stores located in areas with high foot traffic in each Seoul district starting this month.

Emart24 will promote ▲ the introduction of AEDs in stores ▲ expanded participation of employees in first aid training ▲ and the maintenance and management of AEDs.

A convenience store industry official said, “With this business agreement, convenience stores, which have established themselves as daily life hubs, are expected to strengthen their role as disaster safety network platforms. We will faithfully carry out the contents of the agreement in the future and strive to become a representative channel that can protect the safety of the people closest to customers.”

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