SMUR dispatches in France, by type

In 2021, the French Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Services (SMUR) registered 722.5 thousand dispatches. From these dispatches, roughly 545 thousand were primary dispatches and around 177 thousand were transfers. A "primary" dispatch refers to specialized medical care provided to one or more patients not admitted to any health facility and whose condition requires urgent medical attention and medical expertise for emergency care or resuscitation and their orientation.

That year, over 148 thousand transfers were made under specialized medical supervision, while over 28 thousand were made under a nursing supervision.

Number of dispatches made by the French Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Services (SMUR) in metropolitan France from 2017 to 2021, by dispatch type

Characteristic	Primary dispatch**	Transfer under specialized medical supervision***	Transfer under nurse supervision****	Transfer
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Release date

November 2022

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Region

France

Survey time period

2017 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The figures have been taken from several publications.

SMUR stands for "Service Mobile d'Urgence et Réanimation" which translates as Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Services.

*Data for 207 and 2018 does not differentiate between transfers under specialized medical supervision and nurse supervision.

**A "primary" dispatch refers to specialized medical care provided to one or more patients not admitted to any health facility and whose condition requires urgent medical attention and medical expertise for emergency care or resuscitation and their orientation.

***A "Transfer" refers to specialized medical care provided to a hospitalized patient or taken care of by a service (emergency or not) within a health establishment. Transfers aim to provide, if necessary, additional resuscitation care and transfer to a service or a technical platform adapted to the patient's condition. This mission concerns only one patient.

****An "Inter-Hospital Nursing Transfer" (TiiH) refers to patients transported between two healthcare establishments, not requiring medical care (Smur) but within the competence of a nurse. They concern all transfers interhospital, including pediatric activity, in-utero, or psychiatric transfers. The Samu coordinates these transfers through inter-hospital services.

Definitions of terms are available in the SMUR 2013 frame of reference and evaluation guide (French language).

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