VMER
Published 8 November 2026, 22:44
VMER — Viatura Médica de Emergência e Reanimação (car with a doctor-led team)
An emergency car that brings the patient not a stretcher but a doctor, a nurse and resuscitation equipment. It is based at a hospital and is sent by the CODU dispatch centre to the most serious cases: cardiac arrest, a bad crash, a stroke. The team stabilises the patient on the spot and accompanies them to hospital.
Where you come across it. A serious 112 call: a second car with a doctor is sent alongside the ordinary ambulance.
The VMER does not carry patients itself: it is an escort car, and the patient still travels in the ambulance. If two vehicles turn up, that is how it is meant to work, not a mix-up.
Official website: inem.pt/2017/06/12/perguntas-frequentes-2