Air ambulances in Poland
The Polish Medical Air Rescue[1] (Polish: Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe,[lower-alpha 1] LPR) is an air ambulance service providing Poland with helicopter emergency medical services within the State Medical Rescue, publicly funded system of urgent medical care and aerial patient transfer services that can be requested by any health care provider.
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Abbreviation | LPR |
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Type | Air ambulance service |
Legal status | Samodzielny publiczny zakład opieki zdrowotnej |
Headquarters | Warsaw, Poland |
Region served | Poland |
Funding | Government budget |
Website | www |



Other Polish institutions providing air ambulance services include Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue with its PZL W-3 Sokół helicopter and SAR units of Polish Navy.
Fleet
Image | Aircraft | Variant | Number |
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Helicopters | |||
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EC135 | P2+ | 17 |
P3 | 9 | ||
Airplanes | |||
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Piaggio P.180 Avanti | Avanti | 1 |
Avanti II | 1 | ||
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Learjet 75 | Learjet 75 Liberty | 2 |
Training aircraft | |||
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Robinson R44 | Raven II | 2 |
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Tecnam P2008 | Tecnam P2008JC MkII | 3 |
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Operations
LPR operates 21 permanent and one seasonal HEMS bases troughout Poland. There's at least one permanent base in each of the voivodeships.
Source:[26]
Patient transfer team and its 4 airplanes are stationed at the Warsaw Chopin Airport and are on duty 24 hour a day seven days a week.[27]
Notes
- lit. 'Aerial Emergency Medical Service'
- Major city the base is located near by and assigned to.
- The base is not part of other pre-existing aerodrome.
- Operational from 1 June to 5 September
References
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe". lpr.com.pl. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Flota" (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Białystok" (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Bydgoszcz" (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Gdańsk" (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Gliwice" (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Kielce" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Kraków" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Lublin" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Olsztyn" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Poznań" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Sanok" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Szczecin" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Warszawa" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Wrocław" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Zielona Góra" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Łódź" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Suwałki" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Płock" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- LPR (2016-11-25). "Nowa baza HEMS w Sokołowie Podlaskim" (in Polish). lotniczapolska.pl. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Sokołów Podlaski" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Ostrów Wielkopolski" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Koszalin" (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-10-19.
- k, s (2016-11-29). "Baza LPR w Opolu" (in Polish). lotniczapolska.pl. Archived from the original on 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza HEMS Gorzów Wielkopolski" (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- "Lotnicze zespoły ratownictwa medycznego - Ministerstwo Zdrowia - Portal Gov.pl". gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza EMS Warszawa". lpr.com.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-29.
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