Taipei City Government

Taipei City Fire Department and Department of Health conducted the “2015 Greater Taipei Regionalized Trauma Care System Seminar” at the Taipei Emergency Operations Center (Address: 5F, No. 2, Aly. 11, Ln. 391, Zhuangjing Rd., Xinyi Dist., Taipei City) on August 13.

Representatives from the National Fire Agency, Fire Department of other municipal departments, 10 hospitals in the Greater Taipei area, and the Department of Health in New Taipei City and Keelung City attended this event.

In light of the recent dust explosion accident, Mayor Ko stated the importance of “sending the right patient to the right place at the right time” through integrating the emergency medical care system in the greater Taipei area, allowing the delivery of victims to the nearest hospital.

The Fire Department of Taipei City Government noted that 5 administration offices, National Taiwan Hospital, Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital, and Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital have established regionalized Emergency Medical Services Systems to implement the bypass principle and deliver injured persons to adequate hospitals in time since April of 2011.

With the mayor’s new policy, Taipei’s Department of Health and Fire Department seeks to implement the patient dispatch bypass plan based on severity of injury and establish a trauma care online registration system, hoping to expand services to cover the entire greater Taipei area.