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The Polish Medical Air Rescue[1] (Polish: Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe, lit. 'Aerial Emergency Medical Service', 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.
Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe | |
| |
| Abbreviation | LPR |
|---|---|
| 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.
| Image | Aircraft | Variant | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Source:[2]
LPR operates 21 permanent and one seasonal HEMS bases throughout Poland. There's at least one permanent base in each of the voivodeships.
| Code name Ratownik |
Location | Aerodrome | On duty 7 days a week |
Aircraft | Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City[a] | Voivodeship | |||||
| 1 | Białystok | Podlaskie | Białystok-Krywlany Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | EC 135 | |
| 2 | Bydgoszcz | Kuyavian-Pomeranian | —[b] | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 3 | Gdańsk | Pomeranian | Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport | 24 h/day | ||
| 4 | Katowice | Silesian | Katowice-Muchowiec Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 5 | Kielce | Świętokrzyskie | Kielce-Masłów Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 6 | Kraków | Lesser Poland | —[b] | 24 h/day | ||
| 7 | Lublin | Lublin | Lublin Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 8 | Olsztyn | Warmian–Masurian | Gryźliny Airstrip | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 9 | Poznań | Greater Poland | Poznań–Ławica Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 10 | Sanok | Subcarpathian | Sanok-Baza Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 11 | Szczecin | West Pomeranian | Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 12 | Warsaw | Masovian | Warsaw Babice Airport | 24 h/day | ||
| 13 | Wrocław | Lower Silesian | Wrocław Airport | 24 h/day | ||
| 15 | Zielona Góra | Lubuskie | Zielona Góra-Przylep Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 16 | Łódź | Łódź | Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 17 | Suwałki | Podlaskie | Suwałki Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 18 | Płock | Masovian | Płock Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 19 | Sokołów Podlaski | Masovian | —[b] | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 21 | Ostrów Wielkopolski | Greater Poland | Ostrów Wielkopolski-Michałków Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 22 | Koszalin | West Pomeranian | Zegrze Pomorskie Airport | seasonal base[c] 7:00 am – 8:00 pm |
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| 23 | Opole | Opole | Opole-Polska Nowa Wieś Airport | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
| 24 | Gorzów Wielkopolski | Lubuskie | —[b] | 7:00 am – 8:00 pm | ||
Source:[3]
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.[4]
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