Emergency Medical Services
The emergency medical services in the Fulda district ensure that rapid and qualified assistance is available around the clock in the event of medical emergencies. All calls requiring ambulances, emergency physician vehicles, or other specialized emergency response resources are coordinated through the emergency number 112.
In addition to prehospital emergency care and specialized patient transport, the traditional core responsibilities of emergency medical services also include the emergency transport of newborns and infants, psychosocial emergency care, the transport of severely obese patients, and the coordination of emergency medical services during major incidents.
The emergency medical services are complemented by the tremendous dedication of volunteers, who actively support the emergency medical services in many communities through projects such as “Voraushelfer” and “Hebamme vor Ort.”
The emergency medical services in the Fulda district currently operate a total of 18 stations, where a total of 28 ambulances, 4 emergency physician response vehicles, and 2 patient transport vehicles are on standby on rotating shifts. Fulda is also home to the ADAC rescue helicopter “Christoph 28” and an intensive care transport vehicle for transferring critically ill patients. You can find all emergency medical service providers for the Fulda district via the links below.
Working closely with the police, fire department, emergency management agencies, and hospitals—as well as other aid organizations such as the Mountain Rescue Service, the DLRG, and the THW—we ensure around the clock that help reaches those in need quickly.
Advance Support Volunteers
To optimize emergency care, some areas have emergency responders—known as “advance responders”—who, due to their proximity to the scene, are able to provide initial care to emergency patients. Advance responders are specially trained first responders who perform life-saving emergency measures—particularly for patients in acute and life-threatening conditions—until the emergency medical services, which were alerted simultaneously, arrive. Currently, there are 16 advance responder groups active in the Fulda district.
If you are interested in volunteering as a first responder, please contact the Emergency Response Unit.
PSNV
Every day, people go through the painful experience of realizing that life and death are very close to one another. Traffic accidents, cases of sudden infant death, unsuccessful resuscitation attempts at home, loved ones who take their own lives—the bereaved are left in despair and often don’t know how to cope with their grief. To provide competent assistance during the acute phase, the Fulda district offers Psychosocial Emergency Care (PSNV), which can be requested by emergency medical services and the police.
At the same time, the district has also had a team for several years now that focuses on providing psychosocial emergency care to emergency responders. This team is equipped to support emergency medical services and fire department personnel who have responded to particularly stressful incidents. All team members are themselves active in emergency response—as firefighters, emergency physicians, or volunteers with the German Red Cross (DRK) or the Malteser—and therefore understand all the better how difficult some events can be to process.
If you are interested in volunteering in psychosocial emergency care, we look forward to hearing from you at the Hazard Prevention Service.