Emergency medical services in Portugal

The Portuguese Integrated Emergency Medical Service (IEMS) (Portuguese: Sistema Integrado de Emergência Médica, SIEM) is managed by INEM (Instituto Nacional de Emergência Médica) that depends on Ministry of Health (Ministério da Saúde).[1] It works like other SAMU/IEMS networks of Europe or Brazil.

Mobile Resources

INEM's SBV ambulance
INEM's VMER


Portuguese CODU/SAMU Medical Emergencies Regulation Centers

In Portugal, the emergency telephone number for emergency medical service is 1-1-2. When someone calls 1-1-2, free of charge, it is directed to a PSP emergency central, and it will direct, in the case it is an Medical Emergency, to one of the following CODU (Centro de Orientação de Doentes Urgentes - Medical Emergencies Regulation Center)

CODU de Lisboa

CODU de Porto

CODU de Coimbra

CODU de Faro

Portuguese INEM Schools

Organization in Portuguese Atlantic Islands

See also

References

  1. "Decreto-Lei n.o 220/2007 de 29 de Maio. Diário da República, 1.a série—N.o 103—29 de Maio de 2007" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 29 May 2007. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  2. "Ambulâncias SBV do INEM". Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  3. "Ambulâncias SIV do INEM". Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  4. "VMER do INEM". Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  5. "Helicóptero do INEM". Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  6. "Motociclo do INEM". Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  7. "VIC INEM". Retrieved 2015-03-08.

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