Rescue services

Service Description

The rescue service is a public health care and emergency response service.

The rescue service has the task of providing the population with medical services in line with demand and across the board and includes emergency rescue and (qualified) patient transportation both on the ground and in the air.

Emergency rescue
Emergency rescue involves carrying out life-saving measures or measures to prevent serious damage to the health of emergency patients at the scene of an accident. The aim is to make the patient fit for transportation and to transport them to a suitable treatment facility for further care under professional care in rescue vehicles equipped for this purpose.

Patient transportation
The
(qualified) patient transport includes the transportation of other sick, injured or needy persons who, according to medical assessment, require professional medical care or a specially equipped rescue vehicle during transportation or for whom this is to be expected due to their condition.

Air rescue
Air rescue comprises the rescue service with aircraft (rescue transport helicopter - RTH and intensive care transport helicopter - ITH). It supplements/supports the ground-based rescue service and includes

  • primary air rescue (emergency or first aid treatment at the scene, making the emergency patient fit for transportation and transport to the nearest suitable hospital),
  • secondary rescue (transportation of medically treated patients from a hospital to a more suitable hospital for further treatment).

A (simple) ambulance service is any other transportation of a sick person, e.g. by cab.
It is not part of the rescue service!

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)

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