Subsection 3: Patient care by the mobile emergency and intensive care unit

The location of the SMURs mentioned in 2° of article R. 6123-1 is determined by the regional health plan and ensures territorial coverage.

As part of emergency medical assistance, the mobile emergency and resuscitation structure mentioned in article R. 6123-1 has the following mission: 1° To ensure, on a permanent basis, in all places and as a priority outside the health establishment to which it is attached, the care of a patient whose condition urgently requires medical care and resuscitation, and, if necessary, and after regulation by the SAMU, the transport of this…

At the request of the Director General of the regional health agency for the zone, back-up interventions are initiated and coordinated by the emergency medical assistance service (SAMU) for the zone mentioned in article R. 3131-7, in the following cases : 1° When the network mentioned in article R. 6123-26 is unable to meet the emergency care needs of the population; 2° As part of an event mentioned in article…

The interventions of the SMUR and those of the SMUR branches mentioned in article R. 6123-5 are triggered and coordinated by the SAMU. The mobile emergency and resuscitation structure team informs the SAMU at all times of the progress of the intervention in progress.

The terms of cooperation between the SAMU and the SMUR as well as the sectors and terms of intervention of the latter are specified in an agreement or in the network agreement mentioned in article R. 6123-29. This agreement specifies : 1° The conditions under which the members of the mobile emergency and intensive care unit (SMUR) teams may participate in the operation of the emergency medical assistance service (SAMU),…