To ensure that ambulances are no longer used unnecessarily for non-life-threatening cases in future, the district of Leipzig wants to test three alternative emergency vehicles. A pilot project was approved from the beginning of February, as announced by the Saxony State Directorate.
The so-called special ambulances, which will be stationed in Wurzen, Grimma and Borna, are similarly equipped to ambulances. However, they are manned exclusively by two experienced paramedics - without emergency paramedics. They are intended to be available for missions where no life-saving measures are required. The integrated regional control center will decide on a case-by-case basis whether an emergency rescue operation is required or whether the patient can be treated by a special ambulance instead.
The pilot project is intended to relieve the burden on emergency rescue services and make medical care more flexible. In future, ambulances are to be deployed in a more targeted manner and not be tied up for non-life-threatening cases.
