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.

Polish Medical Air Rescue
Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe
AbbreviationLPR
TypeAir ambulance service
Legal statusSamodzielny publiczny zakład opieki zdrowotnej
HeadquartersWarsaw, Poland
Region served
Poland
FundingGovernment budget
Websitewww.lpr.com.pl
Helicopter Polish Medical Air Rescue (LPR), transporting a patient from Gorlice to another hospital
Eurocopter EC135 in Sanok
Helicopter field in Gorzów Wielkopolski

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
Helicopters
EC135 P2+ 17
P3 9
Airplanes
Piaggio P.180 Avanti Avanti 1
Avanti II 1
Learjet 75 Learjet 75 Liberty 2
Training aircraft
Robinson R44 Raven II 2
Tecnam P2008 Tecnam P2008JC MkII 3

Source:[2]

Operations

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[lower-alpha 2] Voivodeship
1 Białystok Podlaskie Białystok-Krywlany Airport 7:00 am – 8:00 pm EC 135
2 Bydgoszcz Kuyavian-Pomeranian —[lower-alpha 3] 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 —[lower-alpha 3] 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 Warszawa Masovian Warsaw Babice Airport 24 h/day
13 Wrocław Lower Silesian Copernicus Airport Wrocław 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 —[lower-alpha 3] 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[lower-alpha 4]
7:00 am – 8:00 pm
23 Opole Opole Opole-Polska Nowa Wieś Airport 7:00 am – 8:00 pm
24 Gorzów Wielkopolski Lubuskie —[lower-alpha 3] 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]

Notes
  1. lit. 'Aerial Emergency Medical Service'
  2. Major city the base is located near by and assigned to.
  3. The base is not part of other pre-existing aerodrome.
  4. Operational from 1 June to 5 September

See also

References
  1. "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe". lpr.com.pl. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  2. "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Flota" (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  3. "Lotnicze zespoły ratownictwa medycznego - Ministerstwo Zdrowia - Portal Gov.pl". gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  4. "Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe » Baza EMS Warszawa". lpr.com.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-04-29.
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