SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that roughly 10 percent of cardiac arrest patients who were taken to the hospital by ambulance turned out to have had their heart function restored thanks to the intervention of paramedics. The number of cardiac arrest patients taken to hospitals by paramedics in the [...]
CHUNCHEON, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gangwon Fire Headquarters said it will launch an initiative to establish an intelligent emergency demand prediction platform. An analysis of emergency demand in Gangwon Province over the past decade showed that the time between the dispatch and the increased rate of emergency demand was below the national average. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fire Agency (NFA) plans to submit a legislation bill that will impose stronger punishment on those assaulting paramedics and include a new provision to also punish verbal assaults. The new bill aims to create a safer and healthier working environment for firefighters, which will allow them to [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Seoul announced on Thursday that it will install warning broadcasts and emergency bells within ambulances to protect 119 paramedics from drunk citizens and others. The first 119 ambulance to feature the new technology is based at the Yangcheon Fire Station, which plans to issue a warning [...]