Gyeonggi Fire Department Strengthens Emergency Response Team for 'Doctors' Collective Action'... Headquarters Chief Takes Overall Command

The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters elevated the position of the Emergency Response Team Chief, who was in charge of the emergency response team operating in preparation for the doctors' collective action on the 23rd, from the Head of the Rescue and Ambulance Division to the Fire and Disaster Headquarters Chief.

On the same day, Cho Sun-ho, Chief of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, visited the Maesan 119 Safety Center of the Suwon Southern Fire Station, the higher-level institution for ambulance dispatches in the jurisdiction, to conduct an urgent inspection of the emergency patient transport site and listen to the difficulties faced by the paramedics.

He then moved to the headquarters' 119 Integrated Situation Room and urged the ambulance situation managers to proactively select medical institutions for critically ill emergency patients and maintain a rapid and close response system among medical institutions.

The Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters had already started operating the emergency response team from the 19th in preparation for the medical gap expected due to the resignation of resident doctors.

Joseonho, Head of Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters (right), is visiting Suwon Nambu Fire Station on the 23rd and talking with firefighters.

Currently, critically ill emergency patients such as those in cardiac arrest are being transported to nearby emergency medical institutions, while mild patients are being distributed and transported to emergency medical institutions or clinics within the region as part of the emergency patient transport measures. Additionally, when critically ill emergency patients are re-transported to higher-level hospitals, ambulance transport support is provided.

Furthermore, the status of emergency medical institutions within the jurisdiction is being monitored regularly, and the situation is being communicated to the ambulance teams of each fire station.

Cho Sun-ho, Chief of the Gyeonggi-do Fire and Disaster Headquarters, emphasized, "We will respond to ensure that critically ill emergency patients receive prompt treatment at appropriate medical institutions, and maintain a thorough emergency contact network with related organizations to prepare for delays in medical transport and cases of refusal of admission. We will also reinforce personnel and equipment in ambulance situation management step-by-step in anticipation of a surge in 119 calls to ensure that residents do not experience any inconvenience and respond with full force."

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