Emergency Response

The LRC started to provide its first aid services in 1964. There were only 12 first aid volunteers at the time. In 1975, the number of volunteers increased to 150 first aiders due to the need created by the Lebanese civil war. In 1982, with the escalation of the Israeli hostilities against Lebanon, this number increased to reach 1000 first aiders in 27 centers. Today, there are almost 2400 volunteers (male and female) spread over 42 first aid centers and 3 operation rooms across the country.

First Aid and Emergency Services
First Aid Teams (volunteers) provide first aid and emergency services on the Lebanese territories around the clock, all year long. These services are: First aid and urgent transport of the victims of accidents on road, mountain and home; first aid for heart attack victims (CPR); first aid for children and sick people at home; first aid posts in national sport, cultural, and art celebrations and ski resorts; transport of patients from and to hospitals, transport of corpses (in special cases); transport of blood units to hospitals (in emergencies); first aid within first aid centers.

Day time First Aid
Before 1995, first aid teams worked from 6 PM in the evening till 6 AM in the morning. But since 1995, the LRC started to provide first aid and emergency services during the day in the Lebanese territories, based on a joint agreement with the Ministry of Public Health.

Medical Emergency
This service started in 2003 in North Lebanon upon a request from the Public Health Ministry. When this service is required, doctors on duty in operation rooms respond to 140 calls by sending normal or medical ambulances, depending on the case of the patient or injured, to transport them to specialized hospitals. To carry out this task, the doctors and first aid workers were given special training.