TEPH
Published 8 November 2026, 22:44
TEPH — técnico de emergência pré-hospitalar (pre-hospital emergency technician)
An INEM worker who takes and triages calls at the CODU dispatch centre and goes out to emergencies as part of an ambulance crew. Not a doctor or a nurse — a separate profession with its own training.
Where you come across it. The voice on the line when you call an ambulance, the crew of the vehicle that arrives.
From September 2026, INEM is transferring the triage of calls passed on from the SNS 24 line from technicians to nurses; technicians continue to go out on call-outs.
Official website: inem.pt