Vysočina Region’s medical rescue services
Pre-admission emergency medical care (PNP) in Vysočina is provided by a single allowance organization – Vysočina Region’s Medical Rescue Services (ZZS).
The medical rescue personnel is very successful at providing high-quality pre-admission medical care to approx. 704 municipalities and towns in a territory measuring about 6,800 km2 with half a million inhabitants; although this number is significantly higher in tourism-popular areas in winter and summer. In the absolute majority of cases, the required arrival time limit of 15 minutes is achieved.
Organization-wise, ZZS is divided into 5 area centers. There are 16 standby stations with 22 ZZS emergency teams and 1 flying squad at a standby station in Jihlava (LZS).
All of the emergency teams and the flying squad are controlled from a single operating switchboard in Jihlava. Individual ZZS standby stations are assigned to designated circuits of municipalities, but the operating switchboard dispatches the individual teams according to convenience and accessibility over the entire territory of the Region, irrespective of the circuits’ limits.
Map – Medical Rescue Services Stations and Circuits
Table – Medical Rescue Services – Standby Stations
the Sobering-up Station
In 2006, the sobering-up station in Jihlava (the only one in Vysočina) treated a total of 923 clients, at a cost of CZK 1,700 per admission. By March 2007, the clients paid CZK 527,925, which amounts to 33.7 % of the overall costs that amounted to CZK 1,569,100 in 2006.