• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.107-117
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• 2010

The disaster preparedness system in Korea has been developed in spite of many obstacles, but there are still many problems especially on actual preparedness including disaster drill and disaster medical system. Disaster drills performed by wide regional emergency medical centers for one years were analyzed based on the disaster drill report and additional compensation of incomplete data by direct contact with the participating institutions. On the disaster medical drills in Korea, it is necessary to emphasize drills on various types of disaster, active participation of medical personnels, drills combined with various types of related institutions, process of disaster medical aspect.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.235-246
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• 2003

Due to major disasters Korea has been damaged, and they caused lots of casualties: for last ten years natural disasters caused 1288 deaths including missing people; human disasters including industrial disasters brought as many as 4,512.148 casual ties (126,372 deaths with 4,385,400 injuries); and they cost 44.1 trillion property damage. However, even though major disasters have brought about tremendous human loss and property damage, Koreas National Disaster Medical System to rescue casualties is insufficient, and it has not been activated. Fortunately, through major disaster management process, the National Disaster Management System has been developed, increasing its own efficiency, and resulting in to organize an Office of Firefighting and Prevention of Disasters under the central government. Considering the value of human lives, the disaster medical part, in the U.S.A. as well as in Korea, must have an independent organization in the government, not as one sector of the government department. It will have its own organizational structure, such as disaster planning, operation, and logistics, and interact with central and local government or between local government agencies. So each agency will cooperate and supply resources interchangeably. Also, with the system of disaster management and restoration, the disaster medical system must be advanced in keeping step. Its role must be extended due to the possibility of biological terror or SARS around the world, resulting in severe casualties. Korea has the Emergency Medical Service System based on the regulation of emergency medical care, yet it is a part of the National Disaster Management System. It must be managed independently apart from it. As we see the emergency medical technicians playing as the backbone in disaster medical care in the US, we should have legal foundations for Koreas emergency medical technicians, emergency medical providers, to participate in rescue operation actively. At the same time, we need to have a national register system to classify disaster medical resources, and a total plan to place resources according to the impact of disaster, and how to organize teams. We also need to draw up a scheme to activate civil disaster medical resources, as integrating public and private or voluntary organizations.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.21-36
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• 2022

Purpose: This descriptive research study aimed to investigate the knowledge and perception of the natural disaster medical system by relevant disaster medical response teams in Jeonnam region, and provide baseline data for a disaster education program based on analysis of priorities of educational demand. Methods: Online questionnaires were distributed to 200 research participants including paramedics from five fire stations in J province, 22 public health centers, two disaster base hospitals, ERU (Emergency Response Units), and DMAT (Disaster Medical Assistance Team). The questionnaires elicited basic information about respondents, their knowledge and perception on disaster preparation and response, cooperation system, and educational and training needs. Results: The top priority items selected were: other disasters for paramedics, first aid for the rapid response team, and command system for DMAT. Conclusion: Customized education and training programs must be developed to suit each organizational need. Detailed operational guidelines must be established and with them a unified educational curriculum should be put into practice.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.65-80
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• 2003

Various disasters have been continuously occurred in Korea from 1990s to now. However, there is no substantial improvement against damages as compared with the past due to various reasons such as lack of fundamental recognition, ineffective response systems and widespread insensitivity to safety. More worse, new types of disasters have been frequently generated due to rapid changes in social structures and industrial development, unusual changes in weather and changes of international situations. These disasters request comprehensive countermeasures. In particular, while material damages by disasters can be recovered, the losses of precious lives cannot be recuperated in any ways. Thus, it is critical to set effective disaster medical plans. The first way to minimize damages by disasters is the prevention and the next is to set the disaster medical plans focusing on preliminarily activating the emergency medical system to rapidly rescue and take appropriate emergency medical services for casualties in the early stage when any disaster occurs. Nevertheless, no sufficient researches or references do not exist up to now. Even worse, effective emergency medical systems that play critical roles in increasing survival rates of casualties in actual disaster areas is not deployed. For the United States, the consistent countermeasure system is established in FEMA through a close cooperative system with relevant organizations for serious accidents including terrorists' attacks or natural disasters. For the emergency medical services in disasters, the disaster medical plan is set to cope with any disasters in perfect order by special area as operating the National Disaster Medical SystemESF#8 Role by FEMA. Accordingly, we need to set the extensive and integrated disaster prevention system for rapid and flexible operation against various kinds of serious accidents. This study identified overall problems in disaster control plans in Korea and suggested how to improve the emergency medical service system in disaster areas. Furthermore, it aims to prepare the basic data to set the effective emergency medical service plans when substantial casualties break out and more reasonable and systematic disaster control plans to cope with the future occurrence of serious disasters.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.73-89
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• 2005

The disaster preparedness system in Korea has been developed in spite of many obstacles, but there are still many problems for response to newly emerging terrorisms due to the existing problems of disaster response system. The newly emerging terrorism in 21th century like biochemical terrorism has made us focus on terrorism preparedness, but health and medical aspect of terrorism has been overlooked. The health disaster system is more necessary for 21th terrorism response as well as the disaster engineering, economic and administrative aspects. The disaster preparedness system for bioterrorism has been developed by Ministry of Health with syndromic surveillance system and no case has been found in Korea yet and the resources of personnel and equipment as decontamination system in medical facilities are lacking in case of chemical terrorism. So through the multiple access method reflecting the risk factors in real terrorism field and human based health disaster concept, the disaster preparedness and response system to make up for the weak point should be suggested.

• 한국방재안전학회논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2016

세월호 참사 등 각종 재난에 있어 재난의료대응체계의 문제점이 노출되었는데, 이 중 현장응급의료지원팀의 현장대응 불가, 현장에서의 소방, 의료진의 협업 곤란, 현장의료지원 및 부상자의 수용, 진료를 위한 체계적이고 세부적인 매뉴얼 미비가 중요한 사항이었다. 따라서 2014년 5월부터 중앙응급의료센터 내 재난응급의료상황실 설치 운용에 따른 기존의 비공식적으로 흩어져 있던 재난의료대응 매뉴얼 수집, 수정 및 이에 대한 교육이 필요한 상황이 되었으며, 재난응급의료상황실을 중심으로 한 재난 초기 의료대응체계를 확립할 필요성이 대두되었다. 중앙응급의료센터의 재난의료대응 개선 방안은 신속대응반 중심의 빠른 출동 체계 수립이나, 실제 적용할 체계가 미흡하여, 2014년 2월 응급의료법 개정 시행규칙에 따라 국가와 지자체에 재난대응 매뉴얼을 개발하고 기본안을 마련하기로 하여, 본 연구진은 학술적, 실무적으로 적절한 국가재난의료 매뉴얼을 국내 최초로 개발하였으며, 이를 훈련 및 시뮬레이션을 통하여 적용하였고 그 과정을 정리 분석하였다.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.23-39
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• 2006

In Korea, There are many disasters, like the collapse of Sampung department store, the strike of severe typhoon 'Rusa' and the subway tragedy in Taegu, because of global warming, urbanization, high-density and high-rise of buildings. So, the government made 'The Framework Act' on the safe and management of disaster and 'The National Emergency Management Agency' was established. But emergency medical service systems in Korea is not growing so much. The purpose of this research is to give basic data for the development of emergency medical service systems in Disaster by comparing of disaster management systems and emergency medical systems among the nations of the world, analysing emergency medical systems in disaster in Korea and suggesting some improvement methods. The improvment methods are like this ; First, establishing the National Disaster Medical System in Korea, making the good triage by EMT, expansion of EMT's working area, developing protocols and framing of medical director increasing the working force of EMT, broad inner cavity of ambulance for treatment of patientent, supplement of professional equipments, active using of helicopters are needed in prehospital are. Second, equal establishment of emergency medical center and increase of working force of emergency medical team are needed in hospital area. Finally, enforcement of the dispatcher's qualification, smooth communication among EMSS systems and actualization of medical direction through screen are needed in the Telecommunication system.

• 한국응급구조학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.179-198
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• 2003

If see disaster administration system of our country, start in terms of is coping by countermeasure after four immediately after disaster occurrence many problems blessing with a sons by tribe and so on of link nature between formation, disaster administration complete charge utensil's absence, disaster charge manpower and budget be indicated and join. If examine improvement way accordingly, is as following ; Necessity of synthetic disaster administration system, Fire fighting formation's independence guarantee, Integration of fire fighting connection similarity business, Disaster administration's permanent establishment complete charge utensil's necessity, Disaster administration midautumn complete charge utensil at a metropolitan autonomous fire fighting system reorganization, Role division of labor between center and local government, Disaster administration professional human strength positivity, Disaster administration information system construction practical use, Equipment and improvement of budget state, Education public information for safety culture consciousness fixing, Internationalization of fire fighting business, globalization propulsion, Structure, member of rescue confrontation system and efficiency. Fire fighting environment is changing greatly, and fire fighting must become center to correspond to do confrontation that do one thing troble when produce disaster.

• 한국재난정보학회 논문집
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.110-122
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 서울시 지하공간에서 화재발생시 재난관리 및 재난의료 개선방안을 지하상가를 중심으로 기술하였다. 먼저 지하공간에서의 법령 및 제도를 건축법관련, 안전관련, 소방관련, 피난관련으로 고찰해 보았다. 서울시 지하상가의 분류는 공간 및 형태적 유형에 따라 나눌 수 있으며, 유형별 형태에 따라 관리주체가 다르게 나타난다. 이러한 개별관리체계로 인하여 화재 및 재난발생 시 현장의 통합지휘체계와 현장 응급구조에 문제가 발생할 우려가 있어 향후 통합관리를 위한 대책 및 시설관리주체의 개선이 필요하다. 재해 발생 시 이송이 실제 현장에서 이루어지려면 의료진과 응급구조사가 존재하고, 현장지휘본부와의 협조가 원활해야 가능하기 때문에 평소에 재해정보와 응급의료정보가 실시간으로 파악되어야 한다. 따라서 수용의료기관 분포와 진료능력등을 고려하여 재해 발생 시 효율적인 대처방안 수립이 필요하다.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2019

Purpose: Despite the fact that the needs for disaster emergency medical facilities to minimize casualties are increasing, research for emergency medical facilities is insufficient compared to research for DMAT investment. A management strategy for emergency medical facilities in disaster site needs to be proposed. Methods: Recently there was introduction of mobile hospital system using unit modular method, but it was found out to be used only in disaster emergency training. Emergency medical facilities in disaster site require various tasks. Examination for our research was carried out through consultations with emergency medical and mobile hospital expert because there is no practical use case to apply Emergency Medical Facilities in Korea. Result: In this research we proposed a management strategy to manage and operate emergency medical facilities composed of tent, unit module and container in the aspects of management efficiency. Implications: It is highly expected to establish a foundation for fast and accurate disaster emergency medical facilities deployment by applying the results of our research to Emergency response manual of disaster emergency medical service.