Zentrale Notfallaufnahme des Universitätsklinikums Köln im Verbund des städtischen Rettungswesens

Grüne, Frank; Prokop, Aram; Blomeyer, Ralf; Brochhagen, Hans-Georg; Helling, H.-J.; Wedekind, Christoph; Chemnitz, Jens M.; Hani, N.; Karapetian, V.; Lackner, K.

doi:10.1007/s100490170037

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“…Germany has a two-tiered system with basic life support and advanced life support (ALS) units staffed by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) or paramedics. Each state governs its own EMS system, and most have implemented a “rendezvous system,” where a physician and paramedic travel to the prehospital call in a car, independently of the ALS units [ 3 , 4 ]. EMS physicians are often anesthesiologists, but also include surgeons and internists.…”

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The current state of hospital-based emergency medicine in Germany

2008

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Germany has a long tradition of having physicians, often anesthesiologists with additional training in emergency medicine, deliver prehospital emergency care. Hospital-based emergency medicine in Germany also differs significantly from the Anglo-American model, and until recently having separate emergency rooms for different departments was the norm. In the past decade, many hospitals have created “centralized emergency departments” [Zentrale Notaufnahme (ZNAs)]. There is ongoing debate about the training and certification of physicians working in the ZNAs and whether Germany will adopt a specialty board certification for emergency medicine.

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