PURPOSE: As the quality of life and people's own safety awareness rise in our society, the desire for first-aid treatment in early time from all sorts of accidents and disasters increases. So I examined how our Emergency Medical Service (EMS) system responses to the explosive demands on EMS and the terrible accidents laying stress on practical circumstances of the spot. METHODS: I mainly analyzed the processes, as a step before hospital, arrival in spot, 119 first-aid service, and transportation of patients when emergency patients happen. RESULTS: It is found that there must be systematic devices which makes EMT not to be caught on medical dispute, a modernization of emergency equipments, professional firstaid agents, a proper personnel arrangement. CONCLUSION: We must improve deduced problems focusing on structural and functional aspect to make an Emergency Medical Care Transportation system into a realistic one.
Busan* ; Disasters ; Dissent and Disputes ; Emergencies* ; Emergency Medical Services* ; Emergency Medical Technicians ; Humans ; Quality of Life ; Seoul* ; Social Change ; Transportation ; Transportation of Patients

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