Welfare·Administration
The Smart Emergency Medical System is a technology that shares real-time vital signs and
emergency resource information between 119 paramedics and receiving hospitals during
an emergency, ensuring rapid treatment for patients.
Issue to Tackle
- Persistent issues in prolonging the golden hour for critical patients due to repeated transfers and delays.
- Segmented emergency patient transfer systems across institutions lead to inefficient sharing of medical information and task coordination.
- Includes agencies such as the Ministry of Health and Welfare, fire departments, local governments, and emergency medical centers.
Expected Benefits
- Reduces emergency patient transfer time.
- Improves re-transfer rates for emergency patients.
- Enables real-time awareness of patient status before arrival at the hospital.
Key Services
- Automatically classifies critical patients using e-triage technology.
- Enables real-time sharing of emergency patient information between paramedics, 119 control centers, and hospitals.
- Automatically assigns the most suitable hospital based on available emergency resources at medical institutions.
- Guides critical patient transfers through remote support based on vital signs from medical staff.
- Supports the automatic creation of emergency reports.
Key Components
Configuration
Technology
IoT and AI-Based Emergency Data Collection
- Collects vital signs and evaluates the severity of emergency patients through IoT and AI technologies utilized by paramedics.
Real-Time Emergency Data Sharing via e-Triage
- Integrates fire department and hospital data to classify patients by severity and recommend optimal transfer destinations in real-time.
Big Data Analysis for Emergency Response
- Analyzes information collected from the Smart Emergency Medical System and public emergency data (NEDIS) to support regional emergency resources and statistical insights.
Electronic patient triage using e-triage tag
- Paramedics use the "e-Triage" (electronic tag classification) system to input patient status and the medical institution for transfer.
- An e-Triage tag is placed around the patient’s neck to classify their condition into categories such as critical, emergency, non-emergency, or deceased.
Use Case
- 2021: The "AI Emergency Medical System" project was implemented across Seoul (Eunpyeong, Mapo, Seodaemun), Gyeonggi Province (Goyang, Gwangju), and other cities. Applied to approximately 3,400 emergency cases, reducing transfer time from an average of 14 minutes and 38 seconds to 11 minutes and 27 seconds.
- 2023: The "Smart Emergency Medical Service" project in North Chungcheong Province expanded to Cheongju, Chungbuk Innovation City, and 38,832 hospitals in the province (3 fire department hospitals and 6 regional medical centers). Applied to 23 emergency cases, reducing re-transfer rates and cutting average transfer time by 20 minutes and 3 seconds
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