2.4 Emergency and ambulance service
During the last 15 years, the ambulance service has
moved closer to the medical sector institutions, from often
being localized at fire stations or at private entrepreneurs.
In rural areas, it is today quite common to have
the ambulance connected to the local medical centre from
which some, or all of the ambulance personnel, is recruited.
This is convenient and economically beneficial,
especially in areas where the ambulances make only a few
missions per day.
The aim of the pre-hospital care is to give the injured
or sick adequate care already at the incident site and
“secure” him or her before the transport to hospital. Especially
in modern trauma care, the “Golden hour” puts
high demands on the pre-hospital care.