Every train station has a first aid box. I would hate to know what kind of accident that you got in on or near a train to require this, but it comforting to know that help is there. By first aid, I do not mean your typical band aids and such, supposedly they have things like crutches, water, and blankets inside. I did try to open it and get a look inside but these guys are locked with only the station manager who has a key.
In Korea in the Seoul subway system they have packs available for many as well as blankets and interestingly enough, gas masks. On the subway TV's there they would frequently display the proper usages and techniques for using the safety equipment. I believe the gas masks might have been an addition after the Tokyo cult gas attack, or possibly just in case of North Korea.
In addition to these awesome gas mask boxes, South Korea has set up emergency phones in all their stations. Usually these phones has two buttons, one for information and one for emergency; however, in the more populated areas and station they have input these large black boxes that offer you information in different languages. A complete touch screen display that tells you attractions and restaurants and rest areas in the local area, the complete Seoul subway map, and most importantly it functioned as a free phone where you could call anyone.
Seoul metro turns out to be very prepared for any situation, where on the other hand the Kansai railways only seem to have provisions for immediate personal injuries. Though the two cannot be compared as Seoul has put a lot more money into their train systems in their metropolis. It is said that the Tokyo metropolitan railways have water and blankets on hand for up to one hundred thousand people (100,000) between its 170 stations.
Also note the green cross. Typically in Japan and Korea, medical services are denoted with a green cross. Not a red one. You will often see hospital buildings with a very large green cross upon it.
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