Medical Emergency Service

Directorate of Emergency Aid and Lifesaving, starting its mission in 1987, has continued its Emergency Health Service within the Department of Fire Brigade from 26 July, 2006 on.

Before 1994, the service number of the department was 077 and later it became (212) 528 10 10. From 28 May 2003 on, within the protocol framework signed mutually between our Directorate and Local Health Authority, it has been giving service of Emergency Aid Ambulance with service number “112” within the Health Command Center.

Missions of the Directorate:

• Starting the emergency aid services in case of emergent diseases, injuries, explosions, landslide, accident and similar cases,
• Providing patient transfer and giving emergency aid services during the transfer,
• Providing emergency aid services in case of extraordinary conditions,
• Taking medical precautions for emergency cases during social events, meeting, sportive activities concerts, etc. and giving emergency aid services when necessary
• Providing transfer service between the hospitals
• Transferring the patients with social indications,
• Transferring the patients in need of intercity transfer
• Providing lifesaving services
• Giving first aid trainings and seminars with the aim of informing the citizens of Istanbul about the first aid and health’s issues

Emergency aid and patient transfer with ambulance 

In the event of any disaster, accident and in any medical emergency situations, we initiate the emergency response and continue with the medical response in the ambulance and transfer the patient and casualties to emergency health centers safely.