Abstract:

Abstract Prehospital emergency care is one of the most important fields of the health systems. In 1994, Turkey considered the advice of single European emergency call number current name European Union; "112" and began to use it. The nomenclature which was required the telecommunication technology level at that time, is used as a general designation of a wide range of emergency medical services today. That number of which should be composed at least three non-consecutive digit numbers is "112". Telephone number allocated to Turkey in the pre-hospital emergency medical services began in 1985 as corporate demand for emergency " 077 ", respectively. The system which was introduced as "077 - Fast Emergency Service" was an important example of how to adapt the country's socio-cultural structure. Today, a large society in Turkey continues to call ambulance as "Fast ambulance" namely. "077 - Fast Emergency Service" is a good representative that how permanent is the institution, when it is based on a deep philosophy and values from its past. After nine years, in 1994, "077 - Fast Emergency Service" handed over its position to "112". Prehospital emergency medical services, continue to develop by using all the facilities of modern technology.

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