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National Fire Services

emergency medical technicians and ambulances to perform medical service work. From 2013 to 2022,
the number of emergency medical services provided by fire agencies across the country was 1,120,319
times per year on average. The number of people transported to hospitals is shown in Figure 9-1.

Statistics on the Number of People Transported to Hospitals Who Received Emergency
Figure 9-1
Medical Services Provided by Fire Agencies Nationwide from 2013 to 2022
1100000 (person)
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500000
400000
300000
200000
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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total 826 839 878 849 891 562 906 603 891 508 897 081 905 951 891 117 881 766 1 034 185
Car accident 316 353 335 440 337 818 331 082 330 725 331 341 323 321 315 190 282 977 291 256
Acute diseases medial
emergency 280 607 304 200 304 795 324 442 320 221 323 111 331 943 314 581 327 017 379 680
General trauma and injury 80 237 85 138 88 262 92 724 91 630 96 673 102 164 58 080 38 888 48 814
caused by failing
Failing on the road 16 788 15 743 14 385 13 708 12 504 11 146 10 470 9 270 9 333 10 753
Others 132 854 138 328 146 302 144 647 136 428 134 810 138 053 193 996 223 551 303 682
Note: “Others” includes cardiac arrests, epilepsy, convulsions, burns, suspected drug poisoning, suspected CO poisoning, etc.

2. Recognizing the efforts of emergency medical services nationwide

In recognition of the hard work of medical service personnel and in commendation of those
contributing to emergency medical services, the "2022 Medical Services Day - Excellent Personnel
Commendation Activities and Themed Seminar on ‘Rescue – with the Priority of Safety’ " was held

on September 6, 2022, the "Medical Services Day." The seminar centered on five themes, namely,
improving the visibility of ambulances; enhancing the consistency of the space allocation for medical
equipment and appliances in the mobile medical shelter of ambulances across the country; strength-
ening alert facilities and safety equipment; providing safety precautions for driving an ambulance;

and advocating preventive and post-investigation initiatives, striving to ensure everyone holds valu-
able resources of medical services personnel in high regard.

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