The mobile paramedical hospital unit (UMHP) of Samu de la Gironde travels without a doctor and allows patients to be referred more quickly while freeing up valuable time for emergency doctors. A development permitted by a decree of December 29 and a first in New Aquitaine which has the virtue of better distributing emergency forces, plagued by understaffing.
In other words, this intermediate level makes it possible to have the right caregiver in the right place, to decongest flows and to limit the patient's loss of luck by calming their pain via first aid, says Catherine Pradeau, the deputy doctor in charge of the Samu 33. For confidential support, call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90 90 or visit a local Samaritans branch, see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S., call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/.