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Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) are a part of air medical services. The transportation of patients using helicopters or airplanes is a core element of the air medical services. HEMS...
Since 2003, the national evaluation program for emergency medical centers (EMCs) has been managed by the Central Emergency Medical center which is controlled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare....
This paper discusses the future development of air ambulance operations in Korea. Helicopter emergency medical services are a useful means of transporting critically ill patients to the right hospital, at...
As most medical facilities in Korea have been concentrated in large cities, the need to improve emergency medical services in islands and mountainous areas has emerged. Consequently, the Ministry of...
In Korea, the national evaluation program for emergency medical centers (EMCs) was introduced in 2003. EMCs in Korea have three levels of emergency centers including regional emergency centers, local emergency...
Most evidence-based pharmacological guidelines recommend selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, serotoninnorepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitors or norepinephrine and specific serotonin antidepressants as the first-line treatment for major depression. Since the...
Lymphedema is a debilitating and progressive condition, which results in the accumulation of lymphatic fluid within the interstitial compartments of tissues and hypertrophy of adipose tissue due to the impairment...