The Portuguese Integrated Emergency Medical Service (IEMS) is managed by INEM (Instituto Nacional de Emergência Médica) that depends on Ministry of Health

Ministry of Health (Portugal)

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 (Ministério da Saúde). It works like other SAMU/IEMS networks of Europe or Brazil.

Mobile Resources

• BLS Basic Life Support
  Basic life support
  Basic life support is the level of medical care which is used for patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries until the patient can be given full medical care at a hospital. It can be provided by trained medical personnel, including emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and by...
  
   Ambulances-Ambulâncias SBV. BLS ambulances are staffed by two ambulance technicians (técnicos de ambulância de emergência)
• ILS Immediate Life Support Ambulances-Ambulâncias SIV. The crew consists of a nurse and a technician.
• Fly car-Resuscitation and Emergency Medical Vehicles-VMER Viaturas Médicas de Emergência e Reanimação staffed by a physician
  Physician
  A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
  
   and a nurse.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Ambulances-Ambulância de Suporte Avançado de Vida Pediátrico with a physician, a nurse and a technician (for interfacility transport).
• Helicopter Emergency Medical Service-Helicópteros de Emergência médica with two pilots, one physician and one nurse.

Portuguese CODU/SAMU Medical Emergencies Regulation Centers

In Portugal, the emergency telephone number for emergency medical service is 1-1-2. The Medical Emergencies Regulation Centers are called CODU (in international common language SAMU) which manages all medical calls going through Police, Firemen or Rescue Services emergency networks.
CODU de Lisboa SAMU Portugues Anytipoon Center

CODU de Porto

CODU de Coimbra

CODU de Faro
Portuguese INEM Schools

Organization in Portuguese Atlantic Islands