Some good EMS news from the homeland

Here is an interesting article from JEMS on South Korea’s progress in establishing a national EMS certification program.

http://www.jems.com/news_and_articles/articles/ems_in_south_korea.html;jsessionid=E33570F60E1017F285ED692047208968

From the article:

“The [Cheju Halla-Stony Brook Emergency Medicine Center based at Cheju Halla College on Jeju Island] was designed to establish an ongoing exchange between the two educational institutions for the purpose of promoting excellence and development in EMS. The partnership has spearheaded a variety of initiatives, including organization of international conferences on trauma and EMS, establishment of such certification programs in Korea as ACLS and BLS, visiting professor programs, student exchange programs, curriculum evaluation and improvement, as well as multiple other innovative enterprises.”

I briefly mentioned the need for such program in a previous posting:

http://www.bunkerboots.com/2010/01/17/south-korea-conducts-earthquake-simulation-fro-seoul/