Basic medicine is a discipline that includes anatomy, which studies the structure and form of the human body, as well as physiology, pathology, and pharmacology, which deal with functions. It is a fundamental and essential subject that health and medical students must take to acquire clinical expertise in medicine.
Beginning with the designation criteria for emergency medical technician training institutions, which will be implemented on January 31, 2026, the importance of basic medicine is growing amid these changes, playing a vital role in understanding the connection with clinical practice.

This textbook, responding to these contemporary demands, summarizes and illustrates the core content that emergency medical technicians must master before graduation.
In particular, the connection between basic medicine and clinical practice was emphasized to reduce the learning burden and to make it easier for students to summarize and review.
Additionally, medical terms are written based on widely used new terms from the 6th edition of the Korean Medical Association's Medical Terminology.
This enabled students to communicate smoothly not only with medical professionals but also with patients and the general public in clinical settings.
In addition, the writing team put a lot of effort into inserting appropriate pictures and diagrams and organizing them in a way that matches the explanations so that anyone can lecture without difficulty.