Rescue service in Upper Austria: New vehicles for better help!

Rescue service in Upper Austria: New vehicles for better help!

Oberösterreich, Österreich - In Upper Austria, the situation for rescue workers is anything but optimal. Despite successfully completed training as an emergency paramedic, they lack a professional qualification. Gottfried Hirz, the new President of the Red Cross, makes it clear in an interview that the currently applicable regulations classify the qualified paramedics as a "learning force" without current career protection. "I am positive about a job profile of the emergency paramedic," said Hirz, but sees the need to create a system that continues to take into account the voluntariness of the paramedics. The Federal Association of Rescue Service is committed to a three -year vocational training at a university of applied sciences to improve this situation and to offer the emergency services a perspective.

new ambulance for Upper Austria

The Red Cross is developing quickly. In a first phase, new emergency vehicles in the Braunau, Urfahr-Umgeben, Gmunden, Grieskirchen, Kirchdorf and Linz-Land district are to be used in a first phase. These modern cars are equipped with multiparameter monitors to monitor the vital functions of emergency patients. According to Hirz, both voluntary and professional employees will enable more efficient use in the new rescue vehicles, since an emergency paramedic is always on board. The optimized arrangement within the vehicles not only improves working conditions for the rescue teams, but also significantly increases the patient's quality of care. "With the new rescue vehicles we take the next step in the rescue system. You not only bring quick help, but also improve working conditions for the rescue teams," says health officer Christine Haberlander.

The developments in the rescue system and the demands for the professional qualification for paramedics are decisive factors for improving health care in the region, such as Krone and report the red cross