▶Reporter Kim Hyo-jeong
hello. These are reporters Kim Hyo-jeong and Jo Seong-jun of Buriji. ‘Golden Time’. It's a word that's all too familiar to us now, right? This refers to the minimum time required to recover or resolve an accident after an accident occurs. In the case of emergency patients, securing golden time is of utmost importance because it is a critical moment that can determine life or death. However, there are many unfortunate cases where accidents are missed due to failure to quickly identify the accident site or find an appropriate transfer hospital.
▶Reporter Seongjun Cho
In particular, 'emergency room hit-and-run', where patients wander around looking for hospitals, is emerging as a serious social problem. The lack of medical staff and hospital beds are cited as the biggest causes, but poor communication between fire departments and hospitals is also one of the causes of hit-and-run emergency rooms. Even if the patient is transferred to the hospital, the patient's condition must be checked again from the beginning, so delayed action is also a problem.
▶Reporter Kim Hyo-jeong
Chungcheongbuk-do Province introduced a smart emergency medical system to strengthen cooperation between fire departments and hospitals in situations where every minute is urgent. This is a service that allows paramedics to share symptoms with the hospital while transporting patients and also provide remote medical treatment if necessary. Hospital treatment begins as soon as the paramedics arrive. We also control traffic when necessary to quickly transport patients. Currently, 1 fire stations and 1 hospitals in the province are providing this service. During the one-year pilot project, patient transfer time was shortened from 12 minutes to 18 minutes, and the patient retransfer rate also decreased from 1% to 19%.
▶Reporter Seongjun Cho
I visited the emergency room at Chungbuk National University Hospital, which provides the service, to see how the smart emergency medical system works when an emergency patient occurs. Once a transfer hospital is selected, we will see what information is provided to the hospital and what preparations the hospital can quickly make.
When an emergency situation occurs, the dispatched paramedic provides first aid and enters patient information through the smart emergency medical app. Instead of the analog method of classifying patient severity using paper triage, the app automatically classifies patient severity using electronic triage. Based on this, if a patient is requested to be transferred to multiple hospitals, each hospital determines whether or not to accept the patient after checking the patient's condition. If acceptance cannot be determined quickly, the Data Support Center intervenes. Contact the hospital that cannot accommodate you or the hospital that did not respond to share the patient's condition once again and check if they can accommodate you. If an emergency occurs during transport, you can also receive remote emergency medical guidance. When a paramedic requests a video, the medical staff will provide guidance on necessary first aid measures and drug administration.
▶Reporter Seongjun Cho
Before transporting emergency patients, it is also important to first identify the accident scene and rescue people. At the scene of a fire, flood, or distress accident, finding victims and entering rescue teams is key. Recently, the service that is being actively used to quickly secure safety in such crisis situations is ‘drones.’
▶Reporter Kim Hyo-jeong
In Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, wired drones are being used to quickly respond to coastal accidents. On the west coast, where the tidal range is large, isolated accidents often occur due to the rapidly rising tide. A fatal accident occurred at Hori Port in Palbong-myeon, Seosan-si in 2018. The city installed a dedicated drone to monitor the coast to prevent similar accidents from recurring. Let's take a look at how drones actually operate and how they detect people.
▶Reporter Seongjun Cho
I am at Hori Port in Seosan City. In fact, a fatal accident occurred here. Seosan City installed drones to prevent such accidents. As you can see, there is a drone inside this station. If an accident occurs, you can take pictures of the surroundings by floating up to 50m (up to 100m). This allows the control center to check the accident site.
▶Reporter Kim Hyo-jeong
Yes, I will be watching the drone dispatch process from the control center here. When a report is received, a drone remotely takes off from the City Safety Integration Center here to search the area.
▶Reporter Seongjun Cho
Unlike wireless drones, which use batteries and have a short flight time, Horihang wired drones can continue to fly for up to 120 minutes. You can search from up to 100m in the air and up to a 700m radius.
Drones are also useful in fire situations where it is difficult to accurately determine the scene before dispatch. In 2019, Daejeon Metropolitan City established an unmanned drone safety net that can dispatch to the accident site within 2 minutes. Drone stations will be installed at 119 13 safety centers in Daejeon, and when a report is received, a drone will automatically be dispatched from the nearest selected station. Because the drone transmits video in real time as it moves to the accident site, crews can identify the most efficient route to enter the accident site and devise appropriate fire suppression measures. Additionally, the automatic flight system saves drone pilot manpower and allows you to focus on on-site response. ☞For more information, visit Money Today’s real estate YouTube channel ‘Burridge’ and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport YouTube channel ‘on Tong TV’.
Appearance Kim Hyo-jeong, Reporter Jo Seong-jun
Cinematography: Lee Sang-bong, Kim A-yeon, Producer Gong Ha-eun
Edited by Lee Sang-bong Producer
Designer Shin Seon-yong