Emergency medical care is provided if a person is in a critical state with a serious threat to life or health. Everyone has the right to receive emergency medical assistance.
Emergency medical care is medical assistance to a person who is in a critical state of danger to life or health. It is provided by specially prepared medical practitioners.
Everyone in the territory of the Republic of Estonia has the right to receive emergency medical assistance as provided by law.
Emergency medical care is defined as out-patient health services for initial diagnosis and treatment of life-threatening diseases, injuries and intoxication. It includes transportation to hospital, if the situation requires.
Emergency aid, by definition, has to be provided immediately. Based on the law, the emergency services have to react:
- A-priority calls - within 10 minutes of the call from Emergency Response Centre
- B-priority - within 5 minutes of the call from Emergency Response Centre
- C-priority - within 3 minutes of the call from Emergency Response Centre
- D-priority - within 1 minute of the call from Emergency Response Centre
note Call 112 if another person [the final four dot points also apply to you]:
- is unconscious
- is not breathing
- has severe injuries
- has major bleeding
- has severe, sudden pain in any part of the body
- cannot move a part of the body