Youngjin College Strengthens Firefighters’ Emergency Care Skills

[Financial News, Daegu = Reporter Kim Jang-wook] Youngjin College is making a full-scale effort to strengthen firefighters’ emergency care capabilities.
The Emergency Medical Education Center at Youngjin College has completed the 'Second-Level Emergency Medical Technician Training Program,' which it operated under commission from Daegu Fire & Safety Department.
The program ran from June 29 to August 31 and was designed for 20 firefighters. It aimed to improve trainees’ ability to respond to emergency patients at disaster and accident scenes and to strengthen their field-oriented emergency medical service skills.
Lee Yang-seon, head of the Emergency Medical Education Center and a professor, said, "The Second-Level Emergency Medical Technician Training Program goes beyond qualification training. It is a course that builds the professional emergency care skills needed to save lives in real-world settings." She added, "We will continue to develop practical, field-oriented training that reflects on-site needs through close cooperation with fire agencies."
She also said, "To raise the survival rate of emergency patients, rapid and accurate patient assessment and first aid before hospital arrival are essential." She added, "Based on the college’s educational infrastructure and expert faculty, we will strengthen our role as a hub for training emergency medical professionals in the community."
The Emergency Medical Education Center at Youngjin College enhanced the program’s quality by deploying faculty specializing in emergency medical services along with instructors with extensive clinical and field experience. Rather than limiting the course to theory, it actively incorporated a wide range of emergency situations that can occur in actual ambulance operations.
In particular, the center strengthened simulation- and scenario-based practice so trainees could quickly assess a patient’s condition and provide appropriate emergency care, with a strong focus on improving field response skills.
Yoon Hee-ji, a trainee from Daegu Fire Station’s Dasa 119 Safety Center, said, "This training was meaningful because it helped me further improve the emergency care skills needed in the field." She added, "I will use what I learned to become a more reliable firefighter for the public."
The program is significant in that it linked the college’s specialized emergency medical education infrastructure with the extensive field experience of Daegu Fire & Safety Department, thereby improving the effectiveness of the training.
It is also expected to raise the professionalism of local emergency medical personnel and ultimately improve the quality of pre-hospital emergency medical services provided to Daegu residents.
Meanwhile, the Emergency Medical Education Center at Youngjin College plans to expand specialized training programs for firefighters and other emergency medical workers, while strengthening cooperation with local fire agencies and emergency medical institutions to accelerate the development of emergency medical professionals with strong field response capabilities.

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