New moving intensive care units: four ambulances for southern Western Pomerania!
New moving intensive care units: four ambulances for southern Western Pomerania!
On July 11, 2025, the time had come: In Pasewalk, four new ambulances (RTW) were handed over to the German Red Cross (DRK) Uecker-Randow. District Administrator Michael Sack (CDU) explained that these vehicles are part of an extensive upgrade of the emergency services fleet. It is particularly gratifying for the region that the new RTW is equipped according to the latest state of the art and required an investment of around 330,000 euros per vehicle - and without medical equipment.
The new vehicles are stationed in Ferdinandshof, Pasewalk, Strasburg and Penkun. They are the first of a total of ten newly procured vehicles that are handed over to the DRK district association as part of the fleet renewal. This once again shows the district's commitment to modern equipment in rural areas, which benefits the patient but also to the emergency services personnel.
modern equipment for the emergency services
The emergency services officers, including Frank Wodrich, describes the new RTW as "moving intensive care units". All vehicles are equipped with a tele emergency doctor system that revolutionizes communication between the paramedics and the emergency doctor on site. Thanks to the immediate live transmission of measured values such as blood pressure, heart activity and oxygen saturation, medical care can be significantly accelerated.
But that's not all: the system also enables video transmission, so that the tele not doctor can visually assess the situation directly on site. This technical support is a significant profit for prehospital emergency medicine and plays a central role in shortening the intervals that are unable to therapy and optimizing patient care. This not only represents a relief for the staff, but also ensures that patients can be optimally looked after.
a good hand in fleet planning
The new Mercedes-Benz type Sprinter were equipped with an exchange case system that not only enables the basic vehicles to be renewed after five years, but also a cost-saving processing of the suitcase structure. This innovative solution is a further step to increase the efficiency of the emergency services and at the same time optimally use the means that are available for medical care.
The complete financing of these ambulances is carried out by social security institutions, including statutory health insurance as well as nursing, accident and pension insurance. These measures are in accordance with a Europe -wide trend to promote telemedical solutions in the emergency services and to continuously improve the processes, as can be seen on the telemedicine website in the emergency services.
In view of these developments, it can be seen once again that the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald and the DRK Uecker-Randow have a good knack for the equipment and organization of the emergency services. Investments in modern technology and the associated training of the emergency services are the key to secure and effective emergency care in our region. It remains exciting how telemedicine will continue to develop, not least within the framework of the 3rd telemedicine for the emergency services, which is to take place on January 20, 2026.For more information on these topics, you can do the article on Nordkurier and the current developments on Uecker-randow as well as Telemedicine pursue.
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