An ambulance call is necessary when your he alth and life are at risk, e.g. there has been an accident, a heart attack or an asthma attack. When dialing an emergency number for an ambulance service, be prepared to answer the questions that your ambulance dispatcher will ask you. How to call an ambulance? What to say when calling the ambulance?

An ambulance callis simple - just call one of the free emergency numbers: 999 or 112 from your mobile phone. over a dozen questions.

Ambulance call: what will the emergency dispatcher ask about?

  • name and surname,
  • short detailed description of the situation: what happened, how many people need help, what are the injuries, symptoms and age of the people who need help,
  • exact address, shortest route,
  • place to wait for an ambulance: if possible - provide a landmark - school, bus stop, church, police station, etc.
  • caller's phone number,

Ambulance call: where is the patient transported?

The patient is usually transported by ambulance service to the nearest hospital. The patient may be transported at his / her own request to another hospital, provided that there are free places in it and that it is located in the area that is served by the given ambulance.

Only a person caring for a sick child or a mentally ill person can get into the ambulance with a sick person.

You will not pay for calling an ambulance if you have he alth insurance. However, fees apply to trips to uninsured persons, transports of the patient to the hospital without an order,

transport of the patient to the hospital at the request of the primary care physician, partially or fully - according to the defined degree of disability of the transported person

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Patient's kit