1,000 Deployments: Red Cross Tele-Emergency Doctor in Lower Austria on Course for Success

The system is now also being used in Carinthia, Vorarlberg, Upper Austria, and Salzburg, as emphasized in a press release on Thursday. "The implementation of the idea is fully working, the help is reaching those in need," said Hans Ebner, President of the Lower Austrian Red Cross, in an interim assessment.

"We are now clearly noticing that the tele-emergency doctor deployments are increasing"

"We are now clearly noticing that the tele-emergency doctor deployments are increasing," emphasized Berndt Schreiner, Chief Medical Officer and Medical Director of the Rescue Service. "We are currently at around 150 deployments per month - with a clear upward trend." The system does not differentiate from which of the involved federal states the support request comes. All are treated equally. Currently, 20 tele-emergency doctors are on duty alternately.

In Lower Austria, a trial application started in November 2020, and since September 1 of the previous year, the tele-emergency doctor has been operating 24 hours a day. The goal of the system is for non-medical rescue service personnel to be able to integrate the tele-emergency doctor into the ongoing care process in real-time at any location. According to the press release, the main focus of the deployments is currently on ECG assessment.

(APA/Red)

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