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Lower Austrian rescue services had to deploy 208 emergency missions, 96 fewer missions (about a third) than the previous year, the biggest decline in years.
At Notruf NÖ, specially trained staff made 507 phone calls during New Year’s Eve, in which a lot of first aid and safety instructions were given.
“The professional system and the perfect cooperation of the emergency services also ensured prompt emergency care. At the end of the year, best wishes for the new year and a big thank you to the emergency services of our rescue organizations for their incomparable commitment and daily attendance, “said NÖGUS, president of the Council of State. Martin Eichtinger.
The confinement was also extremely notable that night. Like every other day of the year, the employees of the Red Cross, the Arbeitersamariterbund, the Christophorus Air Rescue, the Community Nurses Acute, the Mountain, Water and Cave Rescue, the Lower Austria Medical Service, the acute team of Lower Austria and the Johanniter- Accident aid ready to be immediately available to the population in case of emergencies and other aid. Yet it was the calmest night for her in years.
From 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. alone, Emergency Call Lower Austria made a total of 393 dispositions, which represented a decrease of around 30% compared to the previous year. These consisted of 208 emergency rescue missions and 72 ambulance transports, as well as others from the Lower Austrian medical, mediation and information service and the 1450 – the telephone health council. There was only one incident due to a fireworks injury.
After a traffic accident shortly after midnight in Amstetten, in which two people were seriously injured and treated by various Red Cross teams, one of them had to be transferred to a hospital in the ambulance helicopter Christophorus 2 night .
Most of the 84 missions for which an emergency doctor had to be called at night were caused by unconscious patients after excessive alcohol consumption, falls with head trauma and mainly acute illnesses due to heart and lung problems. Here, too, there was a sharp decrease in alerts from emergency physicians compared to last year.
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