New emergency medical team is increasing medical emergency care in the district!

New emergency medical team is increasing medical emergency care in the district!

The district of Hersfeld-Rotenburg receives reinforcements in the area of ​​emergency medical care. From the beginning of May 2025, internist Andreas will be all and general practitioner Dr. Sebastian Auel officially appointed as new senior emergency doctors. This appointment was announced by District Administrator Torsten Warnecke, who appointed the two in an honorary civil service for five years. In this context, Warnecke underlines the importance of voluntary activities, especially in rural regions.

The team of senior emergency doctors will now consist of a total of seven members with the stronger line -up. These are responsible for medical management in large damage, which is of central importance in view of the high requirements in emergencies. The emergency management operations management, which coordinates medical care, is made up of four organizational ladders and seven leading emergency doctors. Thorsten Bloss, the head of the danger defense, is positive about the new team members.

experiences and new challenges

Andreas everything has experience from his previous activity as a senior emergency doctor, while Dr. Sebastian Auel will work for the first time in this function. Both doctors see emergency medicine as a matter close to the heart and look forward to the new challenges that will have their role.

The emergency medical care in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district is carried out by cooperation between various organizations, including the DRK Hersfeld-Rotenburg, the district hospital Rotenburg a. d. Fulda and the Bad Hersfeld Clinic. The district has three emergency medical vehicles that are strategically distributed: at the Bad Hersfeld Clinic, in the district hospital in Rotenburg a. d. Fulda and in the Hönebach rescue center. These vehicles are ready for use around the clock in order to be able to react quickly in an emergency.

technical equipment and requirements

The emergency medical vehicles are equipped with modern technology, including portable ultrasound devices and electro-mechanical resuscitation devices. The occupation of the NEF (emergency doctor's vehicle) includes an emergency doctor with the additional designation of emergency medicine and an ambulance service employee who is trained as a paramedic, paramedic or emergency paramedic. On average, around 4890 emergency operations are processed by the central control center in the district annually, with some emergency doctors from the Clinic for Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine of the Bad Hersfeld clinic in the operations management.

The management structure of the emergency services operations management is crucial for the organization and coordination of the emergency services in large damage situations, major fires and police operations. The medical director of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district comes from the Department of Anesthesiology at the Bad Hersfeld Clinic. In order to promote interest and further training in the field of emergency medicine, the 11th Bad Hersfeld emergency Symposium will also take place on November 15 and 16, 2024.

The implementation of the new senior emergency doctors in connection with the existing infrastructure and the cooperative cooperation of all those involved ensures that the emergency medical care in the district remains at a high level and has grown.

Osthessen-News reports that the support from the new senior emergency doctors is an important step for the medical security of the citizens. The measures in the emergency service in the district are thus significantly improved and modernized.

This reinforcement is not only important for emergency medicine, but also a signal for ensuring health care in the region, which must master constant challenges through unpredictable emergencies.

The Bad Hersfeld Clinic emphasizes the urgency and importance of emergency care, especially in the event of accidents, heart attacks and poisoning. The strategic distribution of the emergency vehicles is also considered optimal in order to be able to intervene effectively at any time.