Ambulance service number

• The past 10 years has seen a rapid expansion of the public EMS systema, “SAMU 192,” now active in all Brazilian states with 175 call centers covering 1,955 municipalities — approximately 65% of Brazil’s total population • The government’s goal is to provide access to SAMU 192 for 100% by 2018 • There is a substantial and growing presence of private sector EMS providers, largely for transfers and subscription-based emergency care at home (Phone numbers listed below) • Despite successes of SAMU 192, there are still high rates of transport to hospital via private vehicle across the country Yes, mostly. (Bloem, 9) For a large proportion of the country calls to 192 are received at a Regulation Center where Communication Operators take calls (acting as medical regulation assistants) and identify the nature of your emergency, immediately transferring call to a dispatching physician. The physician then determines appropriate resource response: • Can refer caller to public health center • Mobilize BLS and/or ICU-ALS ambulance The physician remains in communication with the public hospital and keeps track of bed availability. GROUND AMBULANCE IN BRAZIL ALAGOAS Maceió • Alerta Médico:+55 82 3221-5555 • Prosaúde Maceió: +55 82 98191-9090 • SOS Unimed:+55 82 3597-2200 • Transaúde:+55 82 99971-7778 AMAZONAS Manaus • Bio Care:+55 92 3584-4136 • Manaus Resgate: +55 92 99357-4354 • Salvare: +55 92 3237-9660 • Vida Resgate:+55 92 3081-2456 BAHIA Salvador • • Disque Ambulância:+55 71 3371-...

The Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (SAMU) is the publicly funded ambulance service of Brazil. It is available throughout the country and is free to all citizens. The SAMU has different vehicles with different equipment depending on the seriousness of the injury or disease. When calling the ambulance a medical regulator will evaluate the best procedure for the patient, send a mobile intensive care unit with doctors and nurses and reserve a bed in an emergency room of a public hospital. Though this system appears great in theory, in practice it is often slow and unreliable. Historically, hospitals and emergency rooms were overcrowded. Today this is still a problem and leads to a lack of service and long waiting times before being treated. To avoid being transported to a public hospital, you can call a private ambulance. Their phone numbers are not as easy to memorise as the public ambulance service, so it is best to choose a hospital before anything happens and to have the number ready in case of emergency. Private ambulance service numbers in Brazil's major cities are: • São Paulo: Albert Einstein Hospital (3747-1000) or (3747-1100) / Samaritan Hospital (3824-5000) or (3824-0022) • Rio de Janeiro: Copacabana (2257-3848) / Pró-Cardíaco (private cardiac hospital) (2527-6060) • Brasilia: Vida Ambulance (3248-3030) By Just Landed