Organizational head of the rescue service

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An organizational leader (rescue service) ("OrgL", "OrgL RD" or "OLRD" abbreviated) is a manager in Germany in major disaster situations and in disaster control for the rescue service and medical service . He takes on the organizational and tactical operations management for all medical personnel, e.g. B. the coordination of material and human resources of the medical and rescue service. To this end, he works together with the other members of the medical operations management . Organizational leaders in the aid organizations are usually experienced emergency paramedics and paramedics with additional training and can be compared with train or association leaders . In Austria, a comparable function is called the head of the rescue service .

tasks

The tasks of the Organizational Head of Rescue Service are in the organizational-tactical area and include:

  • Determination and tactical assessment of the damage situation from a medical-organizational point of view (type of damage, type of injuries / illnesses, number of people affected, intensity / extent of damage, additional risks, damage development, existing forces and units, medical equipment and devices, transport capacity),
  • Establishment of the communication links between the deployment center, local command and control center,
  • Assessment, determination of the location and furnishing of the treatment rooms - mostly structured patient trays , less often treatment places (if there is a lack of clinic or transport resources),
  • Organization of the staging rooms ,
  • Management of the deployment of medical personnel, cooperation with various organizations,
  • Coordination of the transport of injured / sick people (transport management),
  • Connection to the control center (situation reports and additional requests) and to the technical / local operations management.

In order to cope with these tasks, a good knowledge of the regional rescue service structures, tactical training, operational experience and leadership skills are necessary. The Organizational Head of Rescue Service works closely with the chief emergency physician and the fire brigade operations management or the technical and / or local operations management team.

Normalization

Designation, competencies and training are subject to the competence of the federal states and are not standardized. In general, the providers of the rescue service, the districts and urban districts (in Bavaria, special purpose associations) are responsible for ordering, equipping and alerting these guide services.

The German Institute for Standardization (Rescue Service and Hospital Standards Committee NARK and the Fire Brigade Standards Committee FNFW) defines the term in DIN 13050 "Rescue Services , Terms" (draft from April 2000):

3.27 Organizational Head of Rescue Service (OrgL)
A person experienced in the rescue service who supports the chief emergency doctor during the operation and takes on organizational management and coordination tasks. She has the appropriate qualifications with a focus on leadership. It is appointed by the responsible public body.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dietmar Kühn, Jürgen Luxem, Klaus Runggaldier (eds.): Ambulance service today . 5th edition. Urban & Fischer, Munich 2010, p. 829 .
  2. ↑ BUND: Disaster Medicine_Checklists_SK.pdf. BUND, 2013, accessed on May 9, 2017 .