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Rescue service in Hesse: New training for emergency paramedics starts!
A new pilot project in Flörsheim-Wicker is training emergency paramedics to close medical gaps. Start: September 2025.
Rescue service in Hesse: New training for emergency paramedics starts!
An innovative pilot project will be launched at the Flörsheim-Wicker rescue station in September that is intended to revolutionize emergency care in the Main-Taunus district. Emergency paramedic Sascha Zach presents his project “ICCNotSan” (Intensive Critical Care Emergency Paramedic), which includes additional training for rescue workers. This initiative aims to close the gap between emergency paramedics and doctors in Germany. The FAZ reports that similar training courses already exist in several European countries, such as Austria and England.
The starting point for this project is anything but optimal. General practitioners hardly ever make house calls anymore and waiting times in emergency rooms are increasing immeasurably. This often means that two trained paramedics could be available during operations instead of one doctor. With support from the medical director of the emergency service in the Main-Taunus district, Jörg Blau, the Red Cross is striving for a sensible solution - especially in view of the 75,000 missions per year in the region.
Intensive training for emergency paramedics
The additional training includes an impressive 800 hours and focuses on diagnostics, ventilation and tracheotomy. An essential part of the training is a three-week training course in cardiology. In order to ensure the quality of the training, the pilot project is scientifically supported by the THM Mittelhessen in Gießen. From September, ten or eleven rescue workers will undergo the new training.
To ensure the best possible use, the project is supported with a specially equipped vehicle that houses innovative telemedicine technology. The paramedics are now equipped with an advanced ventilator, mobile ultrasound devices and other life-saving instruments. The doctors on duty can access the monitors and data in real time to support the emergency paramedics remotely.
The look forward
The success of the project will be evaluated over the next two years, with the aim of ultimately having the training recognized by the state - possibly even at bachelor's level. This could pave the way for permanent relief for doctors and fundamentally improve emergency medicine in Germany.
The “ICCNotSan” project is a step into the future of emergency care that is already being successfully implemented in other countries and could therefore also prove a good hand in Germany.