Follow the clinic's discharge instructions and monitor symptoms; if you are unsure, contact the treating clinic promptly.
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Medical emergency and complication response guide for international patients in Korea
For worsening symptoms or a possible complication, contact the clinic or the medical contact listed in your treatment documents without delay.
For severe breathing difficulty, loss of consciousness, heavy bleeding, chest pain, or another immediate threat, call 119 in Korea.
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Recommended next steps for Medical emergency and complication response guide for international patients in Korea
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Review recovery and warning signs
Organize the clinic's aftercare instructions, medicines, symptoms, and contact rules.
→02Prepare for returning home
Review medical clearance, cabin preparation, and follow-up before flying.
→03Request coordinated support
Share the clinic, treatment date, current location, symptoms, and return schedule.
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When should I call 119 in Korea?
Call 119 for an immediate or potentially life-threatening emergency. The 119 system handles emergency response, on-site care, and transport to an appropriate medical institution.
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What information should I keep ready?
Keep your current location, passport identity, clinic name and contact, procedure and date, medicines and allergies, symptoms and onset time, insurance details, and an emergency contact accessible.
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Medical emergency and complication response guide for international patients in Korea FAQ
Use the clinic's written discharge instructions. Contact the clinic promptly when symptoms are new, worsening, outside the expected recovery pattern, or difficult to judge. Do not rely on this page to diagnose a complication.
Call 119 for an immediate or potentially life-threatening emergency. The 119 system handles emergency response, on-site care, and transport to an appropriate medical institution.
Keep your current location, passport identity, clinic name and contact, procedure and date, medicines and allergies, symptoms and onset time, insurance details, and an emergency contact accessible.
Contact the treating clinic before flying. Ask whether an examination, treatment, delayed travel, a fit-to-fly document, or revised aftercare is needed. Contact the airline and insurer when plans change.