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personnel for first aid, rapid emergency evacuation is required. Accordingly, the
MND seeks to build an emergency evacuation system for all the entire ROK Armed
Forces so as to meet the golden hour for patient evacuation.
In order to provide on-site first aid at the earliest opportunity, the MND continues
to increase the number of "emergency medical technicians" primarily in the company
units in standing divisions. In addition, the MND is reinforcing the emergency
care function of hospitals supporting front corps and actively utilizing aeromedical
evacuation so that evacuation of critically ill patients to the Armed Forces Capital
Hospital can be completed within an hour and a half. In 2020, the MND f eld deployed
eight medevac helicopters capable of flying at night and in bad weather and at the
same time reinforced the functions and personnel of the General Medical Situation
Center of the Armed Force Medical Command (AFMC) to provide systematic
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emergency care ranging from patient assistance to evacuation to hospitals. Going
forward, the MND plans to develop a "General Medical Situation Center integrated
control program" that is capable of integrating and controlling the entire military
emergency evacuation system encompassing both aviation and land routes.

Enhancing the Capability to Due to the group life characteristics of the
Deal with Infectious military, an outbreak of an infectious
Diseases and Prevent Diseases disease in the military has the potential to

generate a large number of patients, which Chapter 7
could have a fatal impact on combat readiness posture. As infectious diseases are
nonmilitary threats that impact national security, the military needs to take the
initiative in preparing for and countering infectious diseases.
The MND is expanding the scope of those who are vaccinated against diseases that
continue to occur inside and outside the military and cause death if complications
occur (such as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome), and has reinforced the
preventive medical organizations and
functions of the AFMC to enhance
monitoring and response capabilities
against infectious diseases that occur 16)
As a department under
throughout the military. The MND the Armed Forces Medical
Command, it plays a role
assigned military personnel and as a control tower similar
to the 119 Situation Center
resources when dealing with COVID- in the event of a military
emergency patient and
19 at the national level and played provides one-stop support
for first aid, and evacuation
key roles in various fields such as and treatment of
New nursing officers providing medical support at emergency patients round
COVID-19 testing, sample collection, the Armed Forces Daegu Hospital (March 2020) the clock all year round.

Chapter 7. Embedding an Inclusive Culture in the Military: With the People, Trusted by the People