Emergency box can save lives
The City of Chemnitz Social Welfare Office is providing Chemnitz citizens with an emergency box free of charge. The emergency box should contain answers to questions that are important during a rescue operation. These include What pre-existing medical conditions does the patient have? Is the patient taking any important medication? Can an allergic reaction be ruled out? Who should be informed as an important contact person?
The box contains an information sheet with all vital information and offers emergency services the opportunity to keep all important information in a central location with the person in need of help. In order to keep the information easily accessible in an emergency, the box is placed in the fridge as a fixed location in every household. Appropriate stickers, which can be affixed to the inside of the front door and on the fridge, alert the emergency services to the presence of the emergency box and make it easier to find the life-saving information.
The box is particularly important if the person is no longer able to communicate. In an emergency, help can be provided quickly and without delay and the subsequent rescue chain can be activated. This means that all the information contained in the emergency box is recorded by the emergency rescue team and then passed on to the hospital staff. This enables relatives, the family doctor treating the patient and existing outpatient service providers to be informed. As part of discharge management, the medical staff and the hospital social services can thus organise all the help needed to enable patients to live independently at home.
An emergency box can be handed out free of charge to interested citizens via the staff of the City of Chemnitz Senior Citizens' Social Service on 0371 488 5555.
Funding information:
This project is financed with tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament.
Explanatory video
The care network of the district of Central Saxony offers an explanatory video on the emergency box.
In domestic emergency situations, it provides rescue workers with vital information about the person in need of help. Watch the video to find out exactly what the box is for and where it should be kept.