First aid and emergency medical services in 2021



06.05.2022
In 2021 emergency rescue teams provided health care benefits in the occurrence place to almost 3.1 million of persons. More than 3.4 million of persons received health care benefits in hospital emergency wards or admission rooms under the outpatient treatment while almost 1.6 million of persons received health care benefits in hospital emergency wards under the inpatient treatment.
In 2021 the State Emergency Medical Services System covered functioning of the 1 587 of emergency rescue teams (6 more than in previous year). There were 1 250 basic emergency rescue teams and 337 specialist. On a yearly basis the number of specialist teams has been decreasing while the number of basic teams has been increasing.