Rescue service in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg: DRK takes responsibility!

Rescue service in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg: DRK takes responsibility!

Schleswig, Deutschland - The emergency services in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg learn a fundamental reform that promises significant improvements in emergency care. On December 4, 2024, a decisive contract between the Schleswig-Flensburg Aör ambulance and the DRK district association Schleswig-Flensburg e.V. According to the report of SK Verlag , all previous employees of the district are affected by a transfer of business, whereby all jobs are retained. In order to cover the additional personnel requirement, the DRK will partially work with the Johanniter accident aid (JUH).

A central goal of this realignment is to comply with the auxiliary period for emergency operations, which is currently only reached in about 70 percent of the cases within 12 minutes. The district has undertaken to increase this quota to 90 percent. For this purpose, new rescue guards are built in Grosswiehe and Munkbrarup, and other locations, such as Sörup to Satrup, are moved. This is evident from the report of NDR . In the long term, one plans to increase the number of rescue workers from currently 185 to around 370 to 2028.

sustainable improvements in emergency care

The initiative for restructuring is based on a comprehensive analysis that made it clear that there are deficits in the previous processes and resources. The feedback on personnel development and training of new paramedics are designed at their own emergency services school in Schleswig. These measures are intended to improve the quality and efficiency of emergency care in the district.

With the signing of the contract, the district of Schleswig-Flensburg sees itself as a pioneer in Schleswig-Holstein. The district council had already approved the extensive restructuring plan in December 2023 to raise the emergency services to a new level.