Saudi Arabia: E-ambulance system launched in Riyadh
Service should help cut time of response to emergency case requests
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Cairo: An electronic ambulance system has been launched in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
Dubbed the “Electronic Medic System”, the service - aimed at cutting time of response to emergency case requests - was launched Monday by Governor of Riyadh Prince Faisal bin Bandr bin Abdulaziz in his office in the presence of head of the Saudi Red Crescent Dr. Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Qassem, the Saudi news agency SPA.
Dr. Al Qassem presented a briefing on the system and its modus operandi.
The advanced system will be linked to all 91 medical facilities handling emergency cases in Riyadh, according to SPA.
Its advantages include checking preparedness of ambulatory teams for the service, receiving new alerts, and charting the best routes to reach sites of the emergency cases.
The Red Crescent system also determines the appropriate medical facility for each emergency case as well as the quickest route to reach the treatment site. It features electronic registration of ambulatory data.
The Saudi Red Crescent operates 112 ambulance centres in the Riyadh region.
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