Assistance Publique Hópitaux de Paris (AP-HP) is the public hospital system in Paris that covers a population of 12 million. SAMU de PARIS is one of the services of AP-HP. Its mission is to provide free medical phone advice and in some cases pre-hospital treatment or optimised hospital orientation.
What is the meaning of SAMU in English?
The central organizations that provide these services are known as a SAMU, which stands for Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente (Urgent Medical Aid Service). Other ambulances and response vehicles are provided by the fire services and private ambulance services.
What are French paramedics called?
DIAL 15 or 112 TO CALL AN AMBULANCE IN FRANCE: Ambulances are staffed by specialist physicians and nurses. The French Fire Brigade (Briagde des Sapeurs-Pompiers [BSPP]) also staffs and operates ambulances with “paramedics” who are trained to a US-equivalent EMT-Basic (Hamada 2014)25 May 2010