The Polish Medical Air Rescue[1] (Polish: Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe, lit. 'Aerial Emergency Medical Service', LPR) is an air ambulance service providing Poland with helicopter emergency medical services within the State Medical Rescue, publicly funded system of urgent medical care and aerial patient transfer services that can be requested by any health care provider.
Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe | |
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| Abbreviation | LPR |
|---|---|
| Type | Air ambulance service |
| Legal status | Samodzielny publiczny zakład opieki zdrowotnej |
| Headquarters | Warsaw, Poland |
Region served | Poland |
| Funding | Government budget |
| Website | www |
Other Polish institutions providing air ambulance services include Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue with its PZL W-3 Sokół helicopter and SAR units of Polish Navy.
Fleet
edit| Image | Aircraft | Variant | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helicopters | |||
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EC135 | P2+ | 17 |
| P3 | 9 | ||
| Airplanes | |||
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Piaggio P.180 Avanti | Avanti | 1 |
| Avanti II | 1 | ||
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Learjet 75 | Learjet 75 Liberty | 2 |
| Training aircraft | |||
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Robinson R44 | Raven II | 2 |
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Tecnam P2008 | Tecnam P2008JC MkII | 3 |
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Operations
editLPR operates 21 permanent and one seasonal HEMS bases throughout Poland. There's at least one permanent base in each of the voivodeships.
Source:[3]
Patient transfer team and its 4 airplanes are stationed at the Warsaw Chopin Airport and are on duty 24 hour a day seven days a week.[4]
Notes
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe". lpr.com.pl. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Flota" (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- ^ "Lotnicze zespoły ratownictwa medycznego - Ministerstwo Zdrowia - Portal Gov.pl". gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza EMS Warszawa". lpr.com.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-29.
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