• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.379-385
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• 2002

Tele-medicine and emergency medical system are necessary for moving from an accidental point or far distance to a hospital and emergency treatment or home treatment before a hospital. Emergency treatment is extremely important in the case of death before arriving a hospital and deformed of disabled by medical treatment delay. A necessary element for this medical system is the emergency communication system. This system is on preparing for an ability of furnishing patient status to a corresponding health service by monitoring the patient at an ambulance of the accident place. This is the transportation of basic biological information of a patient to a medical center by wireless communication system and the corresponding hospital of medical center examine the patient by monitoring, then they can send emergency medical order to the patient for emergency treatment. The TRS is most efficient way of emergency medical communication system, which is currently used with popularity. In this paper studied simultaneously a way of detecting and transporting bio-logical signals, and monitoring of transporting data with communication of voice in the accident place of ambulance.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.37-80
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• 2022

By analyzing informed consent and the refusal of emergency medical treatment (called patient dumping) under the current Emergency Medical Service Act, this study suggests that an emergency medical professional is only liable for patient dumping if their duty to protect the patient's life takes precedence over the patient's right to self-determination. In emergency medical situations, as in general medical situations, medical treatment should be performed after the emergency medical professional informs the patient about the medical treatment, including its necessity and methods, and obtains consent from the patient. Refusing or evading the performance of emergency medical services on the excuse of the informed consent not considering a waiver or alteration of informed consent requirements without reasonable reasons violates the Emergency Medical Service Act and thus makes an emergency medical professional liable to administrative disposition or criminal penalty. In other words, depending on the existence of a waiver of alteration of the informed consent, patient dumping may be established. If the patient is a minor or has no decision-making ability, and their legal representative makes a decision against the patient's medical interests, the opinion of the legal representative is not unconditionally respected. A minor also has the right to decide over their body, and the decisions of their legal representatives should be in the patient's best interests. If the patient refuses treatment, in principle, the obligation of life protection of emergency medical professionals is the top priority. However, making these decisions in the aforementioned situations in the emergency medical field is difficult because of the absence of explicit regulations regarding these exceptional problems. This study aims to organize the following precedents of the Supreme Court of Korea. The court states that, when balancing the conflicting interests between the duty to provide emergency medical service and the duty to inform is unavoidable for emergency medical professionals, they should put the duty to protect the patient's life ahead of the duty to inform if the patient's life matters. Exceptionally, when a patient has seriously considered whether they should receive treatment before the emergency medical situation, their right to self-determination can be considered equal to the obligation of emergency medical professionals to provide emergency medical treatment. This research also suggests that an amendment of the Emergency Medical Service Act should include the following. First, the criteria for determining the decision-making ability of emergency patients should consist of medical content. Second, additional consent from a medical professional is unnecessary for first-aid treatment. Finally, new provisions for emergency medical obligations for minors, new provisions for the decision standard when there are conflicting opinions about the treatment of a patient, and new penalty provisions for professionals who suspend emergency medical examinations and treatments need to be established.

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.11-22
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• 2010

This study finds an interesting fact that five symptoms (smallpox, postpartum pain, eye disease, swollen symptom and parasite infection) mentioned in Ryu Ei-Tae Medicinal Tales and his prescriptions (steamed rice, loess, soybean sprouts, cinnabar, radish, sesame oil and pork) were dramatized on the basis of traditional Korean medicinal knowledge in the Joseon Dynasty. Based on the study of experience-based medicinal literatures popular in the Joseon period, it is confirmed that the prescriptions are actually effective. Also it is inferred that popular diseases at that time were abscess, difficult baby delivery, postpartum pain and parasite infection, which were regarded as almost incurable diseases to ordinary people. These stories also showed destitution of common people who could not afford to buy medicines at that time. As shown in the Ryu Ei-Tae Medicinal Fable, many people might try various ordinary materials around them such as soil or nose wax. One of the outcomes of this study is that the fact that the tales mentioned common materials easy to get in the surroundings such as steamed rice, sesame oil, soybean sprouts or radish could be interprets as care and consideration of medicinal doctors for ordinary people at that time.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.12 no.2 s.46
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• pp.291-297
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• 2007

Linking patient's medical records throughout country is required to get patient's accurate information which is helpful for doctor to diagnosis patient's symptoms more exactly. With shortening of time and preventing of retest, patient can be survived or alleviate suffering. Purpose of this paper is to design combined identification system linking patient's RFID card with medical digitalized Chart to share patient's information between the hospitals. With research and review of pre-studied related identification system, standardization, and UCI-RFID linkage study, SPMR(sharing patient's medical record) has been designed for doctors to make a medical treatment properly at the right time and alleviate patient's pain. SPMR(sharing patient's medical record) which will take information needed and pay for information usage to related hospitals has been designed for doctors to make a medical treatment properly at the right time and alleviate patient's pain.

• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.533-547
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• 1997

In periodontics, much progress was made in the understanding of periodontal disease from 1960s to 1980s and in prevention and management of periodontal disease since the end of 1980s. This presentation will discuss about the prevalence of periodontal disease, treatment need, and provision of periodontal treatment in Korea, and how we could manage the periodontal disease efficiently in the future. According to an epidemiological study in Korea, periodontal disease(including gingivitis) was present in 82% of general population and periodontitis in 30-40% in adult population over 30y and juvenile periodontitis in 0.1% of adolescents. If we consider that at least 17% of these patients may have recurrent or refractory forms, there is obviously an abundance of disease that needs treatment, As a result of increase in life expectancy, senile population over 65 y will be increased from 6% in 1996 to 6.9% in 2000, and tooth retention rate and periodontal treatment need are expected to increase. Periodontists need all the help they can get from the general dentists to control periodontal disease. As for provision, postgraduate course in periodontics started in 1957 in Korea and produced over 700 specialized dentists in periodontics. One report indicated that the periodontists as well as general practitioners did periodontal therapy on only a few periodontal patients, because of specific control by current medical insurance system in Korea. Comprehensive periodontal examination is rarely done in local dental clinic. Therefore, enhancement of periodontal care in medical insurance system and education of simplified periodontal examination such as Periodontal Screening & Recording will make dentists diagnose and manage the management of adult patients is based on the recognition that there are multiple diseases, including gingivitis, chronic adlt periodontitis, and other more aggressive forms of periodontitis, and requires the earliest possible recognition of these three disease categories. In this presentation, we discuss practical approach using PSR to diagnose, manage and refer the patients, to facilitate the separation of the simple from the complex and the predictable from the unpredictable form of periodontal diseases and to integrate diagnostic and therapeutic techniques into private practice today.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.8 no.8
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• pp.127-136
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• 2017

The purpose of the study was to investigate the awareness of basic emergency care by private ambulance drivers. A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 300 private ambulance drivers in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon from February 20 to April 1, 2013. The questionnaire consisted of basic life support related airway management(3 items), respiratory management(9 items), circulation(4 items), consciousness(4 items), and infection control(3 items). The awareness of infection control accounted for 87% and emergency care including airway, breathing, consciousness, and respiration was 60%. The knowledge of emergency care was 15.20(maximum 23.0 points). Consciousness was 2.55(maximum 4.0), airway management was 2.08(maximum 3.0), respiration was 5.35(maximum 9.0), circulation was 2.56(maximum 4.0), and infection control was 2.64(maximum 4.0). In order to improve the quality of private ambulance drivers, it is important to develop the emergency care program and expansion.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.493-499
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• 2009

응급의료에 관한 법률에 따라 구조 및 응급처치에 관한 교육의 대상자로 일반시민인 구급차등의 운전자, 여객자동차운송사업용 자동차의 운전자, 보건교사, 경찰공무원 등에게 심폐소생술 교육을 실시하여 26,900명이 과정을 수료(한국, 2007)하였으나 초중고 학교 교과과정 중에는 체계적인 응급처치 교육이 없고 교육강사, 교육장비 등이 취약(한국, 2005)하여 교육체계의 확립이 필요한 실정이다. Kerschaver 등(1989)은 학생들을 대상으로 심폐소생술 훈련을 하는 것은 효과적이고 11살 부터 단순화한 내용으로 보다 쉽게 교육을 시작할 수 있을 것이라고 했으며 Lester 등 (1996)은 지식과 술기 능력 간에는 상관이 없으나 중학교 1학년 때가 적절한 훈련시기라고 했고 Urey 등(2003)은 의무과목으로 6-7살 초등학생을 위한 응급처치 프로그램, Lubrano 등(2005)은 8-11살 학생을 대상으로 하는 응급처치 교육 프로그램의 운영을 보고했다. 박 등(2006)은 초등학교 5-6학년 학생과 성인 간의 심폐소생술 교육 효과를 분석하여 학생군이 과정에 대한 이해는 우수했으나 술기에서는 적절한 흉부압박이 미흡했다는 결과를 제시하여 초등학생을 대상으로 하는 이론 교육이 효과가 있었으나 실습 교육은 체격에 제한을 받는다는 점을 시사했다. 체격은 물리적으로 측정, 확인할 수 있는 사람 몸의 상태로써 성별, 키, 몸무게 등의 전체적인 것과 각 부위의 크기, 모양, 비율 등의 부분적인 것으로 구분할 수 있으나 여기서는 키, 몸무게가 흉부압박에 영향을 끼쳤다고 볼 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 초등학교 6학년 학생을 대상으로 체격조건(키, 몸무게)과 성인 마네킨 흉부압박 깊이 간의 상관관계를 밝히고 회귀식을 도출하여 효과적인 심폐소생술이 가능한 대상을 제시하고자 한다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.350-356
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is effect factors of Pre-Hospital Medication in the Patients with Bee-Sting. This study is to identify the necessity of using epinephrine in prehospital stage from the perspective of early management of anaphylaxis following a bee sting. Methods: Patients suffering from a bee sting who used the 119 rescue between 2013 from 119 center data were included. Age, sex, month of injury, time factors, vital signs, medication, signs, distance factors, presence of cardiac arrest, AVPU triage by EMT were extracted. The severity of bee sting injury was divided into mild, moderate, and severe according to the presenting symptoms and signs. Results: The severe patients treated by using oxygen, IV, ECG, Medication. Anaphylaxis is a serious allergic reaction of rapid onset that may lead to death. One of Anaphylaxis patients lived by using epinephrine. Most patients collapsed at the scene of mount. Bee sting injuries occurred primarily during summer to the farmer. Nine patients collapsed at the scene. Bee sting injuries occurred primarily from June to October. Conclusion: The primary treatment for anaphylaxis is epinephrine. Epinephrine in pre-hospital stage is factors of essential for patients. Also epinephrine will permit to be equipped in the EMT-P and use of epinephrine by law.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.48 no.8
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• pp.813-819
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• 2005

Purpose : Medicolegal problems start when the patient asserts the mistake of doctor and doctor does not accept it. The purpose of this study is to assess the actual condition of medicolegal problems and to provide solutions of medicolegal problems in the pediatric field. Methods : There is not official statistical data about medicolegal problems in our country. We gathered data of legal insurance program of Korean Medical Association(KMA) and court cases and other fragmentary data. Results : Between 1981 and 1995, of total 2,338 cases reported to legal problem insurance program of KMA, most common ones were 748 cases of obstetrics and gynecology. Pediatric case was ranked at the 5th, 74 cases(3.1%). According to analysis of 41 medicolegal cases' after 1990, maltreatment of patient had the highest incidence of 14 cases, injection and medication were related to 12 cases, misdiagnosis was 9 cases, patient management were related to 4 cases, and others were 2 cases. The trial result of the medicolegal cases was that 31 cases were compensated, and 8 cases were defeated, and 2 cases were still in the process. Conclusion : The aspect of medical legal problem has the tendency of radicalism and systematization. This brings an economic destitution in the patient and gives damage to a doctor. In order to reduce medicolegal problem, doctor should offer a duty of explanation and efforts to his best to satisfy patient and endeavor to make an intimate doctor-patient relationship.

• The Korean Society of Law and Medicine
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.253-286
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• 2009

Die $\ddot{a}$mrztliche Behandlung des Patienten durch den Arzt geschieht im Rahmen eines Rechtsverh$\ddot{a}$ltnisses. Das Arzt-Patienten-Rechtsverh$\ddot{a}$ltnis stellt regelm$\ddot{a}$ssig der Arztvertrag oder Behandlungsvertrag dar. Arzt und Patient schliessen einen Arztvertrag ab. Grunds$\ddot{a}$tzlich verbindet der Arztvertrag die Partner pers$\ddot{o}$nlich. Aber minderj$\ddot{a}$hrige Patienten sind gesch$\ddot{a}$ftsunf$\ddot{a}$hig oder in der Gesch$\ddot{a}$ftsf$\ddot{a}$higkeit beschr$\ddot{a}$nkt. Minderj$\ddot{a}$hrige Patienten verm$\ddot{o}$gen also allein grunds$\ddot{a}$tzlich keine wirksamen Willenserkl$\ddot{a}$rungen abzugeben und somit keine wirksamen Arztvertr$\ddot{a}$ge zu schliessen. Arztvertr$\ddot{a}$ge von minderj$\ddot{a}$hrigen Patienten sind nur bei Einwilligung der gesetzlichen Vertreter wirksam. Vom Abschluss des Arztvertrags ist deutlich die Einwilligung zur Behandlung zu unterscheiden. Die Einwilligung ist kein Rechtsgesch$\ddot{a}$ft. Die Einwilligung durch die Eltern erfolgt nur solange der minderj$\ddot{a}$hrige Patient nicht reif genug ist, die Entscheidung selbst zu treffen. Jugendlicher Patient ist z.B. in der Lage, die Einwilligung selbst zu geben, sofern er Wesen, Bedeutung und Tragweite der Behandlung zu verstehen vermag. Der Vorschriften des KBGB zur Gesch$\ddot{a}$ftsf$\ddot{u}$hrung ohne Auftrag gelten, wenn der Arzt einen Bewusstlosen versorgt. Nach $\S$734 KBGB erfolgt die Gesch$\ddot{a}$ftsf$\ddot{u}$hrung ohne Auftrag dann zu Recht, wenn sie dem Interesse und dem wirklichen oder mutmasslichen Willen des Patienten entspricht. Der Patient kann aus einem Ausland stammen. F$\ddot{u}$r ausl$\ddot{a}$ndische Patienten gilt generell das koreanische Recht. Grunds$\ddot{a}$tzlich sollte man einen des Koreanischen nicht m$\ddot{a}$chtigen Ausl$\ddot{a}$nder nach M$\ddot{o}$glichkeit in seiner Sprache aufkl$\ddot{a}$ren und dann den Arztvertrag abschliessen. Aufgrund der Privatautonomie kann jeder Patient frei entscheiden, ob, mit wem und wor$\ddot{u}$ber er einen Arztvertrag abschliesst. Deswegen ist auch der Wille des Anh$\ddot{a}$ngers vom Sekten und abweichenden Lebensauffassung grunds$\ddot{a}$tzlich zu ber$\ddot{u}$cksichtigen. Zum Beispiel handelt der Zeuge Jehovas auf eigene Gefahr, wenn er eine notwendige Behandlung ablehnt. Aber die Freiheit, eine gebotene Behandlung abzulehnen, kann in Konflikt mit dem Schutz des minderj$\ddot{a}$hrigen Patienten gelangen. Sobald die sektiererische oder abweichende Haltung droht, einen minderj$\ddot{a}$hrigen Patienten zu gef$\ddot{a}$hrden, hat das elterliche Sorgerecht einzuschr$\ddot{a}$nken.