Zavod za hitnu medicinu Primorsko-goranske županije

Franje Čandeka 6/A, 51000 Rijeka
00:00 - 24:00
Contact person:
Davor Vukobrat, MD, specialist in emergency medicine – the Centre Director
+385 51 554 160 | ravnatelj@zzhm-pgz.hr
Radno vrijeme ravnatelja: PON - PET: 07:00-15:00

About us

Emergency medicine institute of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County is a health facility that provides non-hospital-based urgent care, performs emergency healthcare measures for suddenly ill and/or injured people at the scene of the accident, ensures their urgent transportation to an appropriate health facility and their healthcare during transportation. The Centre opened on 1 November 2011.

Emergency medicine institute has branch offices in 10 locations. Apart from Rijeka, where its headquarters are situated, the Centre operates in the following locations: Crikvenica, Opatija, Rab, Krk, Mali Lošinj, Cres, Delnice, Vrbovsko, and Čabar (Prezid).

Activities

  • Non-hospital-based emergency medical care
  • Transport of patients in a life-threatening condition to the appropriate health care institution
  • Transport of injured and/or ill foreign citizens to their country (or to any other destination in agreement with the authorised agency) with adequate medical escort
  • Education of medical staff and laymen

Additional information

Since 8 July 2015, Emergency medicine institute has held the ISO 9001:2008 certificate, an international standard for establishing quality management systems. Emergency medicine institute  is a university hospital affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka and the Faculty of Health Studies in Rijeka.