And PGR cconfirms the opening of an investigation, with the Public Prosecutor’s Office ordering a medico-legal autopsy to be carried out.
The Public Ministry This Thursday, an investigation into the death of a man who spent almost three hours waiting for help from INEM was opened, in Seixal.
The Public Ministry He also ordered a medico-legal autopsy to be carried out.
The 78-year-old man called INEM for help for the first time at 11:20 on Tuesday, and this situation was classified as priority 3 – which foresees the activation of resources within 60 minutes – but a medical vehicle was only sent at 2:09 pm, almost three hours later.
“INEM’s response was given within what was the expected deadline of 60 minutes, that is, after 15 minutes we made our first attempt to activate resources. Unfortunately, (…) there is a very significant limitation of ambulances, mainly on the South Bank, due to the retention of these ambulances in health units”, he explains.
New screening system generates criticism
On Friday, INEM announced the start of a (Urgent Patients Operational Center), which provides five priority levels (emergency, very urgent, urgent, slightly urgent and non-urgent)similar to the screening used in hospitals.
The classification results from the clinical assessment carried out by CODU professionals, based on information collected duringante to chbeloved to 112.
The emerging priority, for imminent life-threatening situations, implies an immediate response, with the sending of basic life support means, articulated with immediate or advanced life support. For very urgent cases, the new system expects the first aid to arrive at the scene within 18 minutes and in urgent situations, with a risk of clinical worsening, the expected response time is up to 60 minutes. Those that are not very urgent expect the means to arrive at the location within 120 minutes.
