When I started researching about it, I couldn't find
many resources. Then I came across an article and reviewed it. In the article,
it is stated that motorcycle ambulance service started in 2008 within the body
of the General Directorate of Emergency Health Services.
However, this is not the case.
Because I was one of the first 20 people who
received motorcycle ambulance training in Turkey. We received the training in
2009. Moreover, in 2008, there was no general directorate called the General
Directorate of Emergency Health Services. Headquarters was established in 2011.
Motorcycle ambulance training started in 2009 under the General Directorate of
Primary Health Care Services.
In 2008, the Ministry of
Health started to work to provide motorized ambulance services. Motorcycle
ambulances have been distributed to most of the provinces and are planned to be
put into operation. With the training organized in Ankara in 2009 with the
cooperation of the Ministry of Health-Honda, a group of employees from different
regions of Turkey were given motorcycle ambulance driving training for the
first time.
After the motorcycle safe
driving training held at the Honda training center in 2009, the participants
were given certificates and the period of motorized ambulance crews began in
the 112's.
Motorized ambulances are
operated in places with heavy traffic, on roads closed to traffic, in narrow
streets where land ambulances cannot enter, and in places such as parks,
gardens and recreation areas where ambulances cannot enter. Motorcycle
ambulances are generally preferred in emergencies that occur in open areas and
in cases where the patient can be reached by motorcycle.
Within the scope of this
book study, on 22 June 2021, Emergency Health Services General Manager, Exp.
Dr. An interview was made with Semih KORKUT . In our interview, the subject of
motorcycle ambulance came to the fore.
Although there are
motorized ambulances in many provinces within the scope of 112 ASH in Turkey,
today there is a practice in which 112 provincial administrations decide on the
necessity of this service . It is understood that the General Directorate
continues to support the provinces that demand the expansion of motorized
teams, but there is no obligation to use them in all provinces, and there is a
will for the provinces to decide in line with their own abilities.
Among the reasons why
motorized teams are not widely used; Reasons such as the inadequacy of the
number of trained and qualified personnel, the risk of accident for the
personnel who will use the motorized ambulance, the lack of determination of
the conditions at the Ministry level, and the evaluation of this service as a
voluntary work can be counted. It is thought that different reasons such as the
absence of a legislation regarding this service and also the fact that some
provincial administrators consider motorcycle ambulances unnecessary.
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General
Directorate of Emergency Health Services. Motorcycle Ambulance. T.R. ASH
General Directorate Website. [Online] 24 02 2021. [Date of Citation: 01 12
2021.] https://acilafet.saglik.gov.tr/TR-53059/motocycle-ambulans.html.
Gostak , Habip. History Bookof 112 Emergency Health Services in Turkey [e-book] Google Play Books ,
July 2022. Access Link:
Korkut, Semih
and Gostak , Habip. Interview with the General Manager of Emergency
Health Services. [ rep.] Habip GOSTAK . T.R. Ministry of Health ASH General
Directorate. Ankara, 22 June 2021.
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