Chief Medical Officer &
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Chief Medical Officers
In order to act as CMO at FIA or FIM events, the CMO must be proposed by the National Sporting Authority (NSA) and accredited by the Medical Commission (FIA, FIM).
The CMO prepares the medical deployment- and intervention-plan and determines the necessary personnel and medical intervention vehicles.
Other duties of the CMO include:
- Presence in Race Control during practice and races
- Reentry examinations of injured participants (fit to race)
- Inspection of the Extrication Exercise
- Medical Inspection before the start of the event
- Control and coordination of the medical intervention vehicles in case of an accident
- Determination of the destination hospital and organization of the means of transport
- Contact to authorities and external emergency services in case of a major accident
- and much more (see FIA Medical Code, Annex H; Medical Code FIM)
Emergency physicians and specialists
Medical doctors represent the highest level of qualification in the care for injured drivers / riders. Due to the high-velocity traumas and associated injuries, optimal pre-clinical care can usually only be carried out by an experienced emergency physician.
Most of the doctors working at Emergency Medical Service sports Austria are emergency physicians who also perform this activity as part of their profession and thus have sufficient experience in the treatment of a wide variety of injury patterns. During major events, specialists (anesthesiologists, surgeons, radiologists, etc.) are present to support with their special skills (e.g. ultrasound examinations) at the Medical Center.
Nurses | Paramedics
Graduate health care and nursing staff are employed in the Medical Center. Here, anesthesia nurses, surgical nurses and paramedics are needed to work with our physicians.
Emergency Paramedics The role of emergency paramedics is primarily to support the emergency physician, in addition to the general tasks of a paramedic. They are specially trained for this purpose.
Paramedics (PM) Their task is to care for the patient during transport and to perform immediate life-saving measures before the arrival of the emergency physician.
Medical Car driver
During motorsport events, Medical-Car-Drivers guarantee the fastest possible access for emergency doctors to injured racing drivers or marshals.
During the race weekend, they are stationed in the pit lane and are always on standby during the training sessions and the race to reach the scene of an accident quickly in the event of a serious accident. The vehicles are equipped with full emergency gear for the treatment of seriously injured people.
Chief Medical Officer &
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Chief Medical Officers
In order to act as CMO at FIA or FIM events, the CMO must be proposed by the National Sporting Authority (NSA) and accredited by the Medical Commission (FIA, FIM).
The CMO prepares the medical deployment- and intervention-plan and determines the necessary personnel and medical intervention vehicles.
Other duties of the CMO include:
- Presence in Race Control during practice and races
- Reentry examinations of injured participants (fit to race)
- Inspection of the Extrication Exercise
- Medical Inspection before the start of the event
- Control and coordination of the medical intervention vehicles in case of an accident
- Determination of the destination hospital and organization of the means of transport
- Contact to authorities and external emergency services in case of a major accident
- and much more (see FIA Medical Code, Annex H; Medical Code FIM)
Emergency physicians and specialists
Medical doctors represent the highest level of qualification in the care for injured drivers / riders. Due to the high-velocity traumas and associated injuries, optimal pre-clinical care can usually only be carried out by an experienced emergency physician.
Most of the doctors working at Emergency Medical Service sports Austria are emergency physicians who also perform this activity as part of their profession and thus have sufficient experience in the treatment of a wide variety of injury patterns. During major events, specialists (anesthesiologists, surgeons, radiologists, etc.) are present to support with their special skills (e.g. ultrasound examinations) at the Medical Center.
Nurses | Paramedics
Graduate health care and nursing staff are employed in the Medical Center. Here, anesthesia nurses, surgical nurses and paramedics are needed to work with our physicians.
Emergency Paramedics
The role of emergency paramedics is primarily to support the emergency physician, in addition to the general tasks of a paramedic. They are specially trained for this purpose.
Paramedics
Their task is to care for the patient during transport and to perform immediate life-saving measures before the arrival of the emergency physician.
Medical Car drivers
During motorsport events, Medical-Car-Drivers guarantee the fastest possible access for emergency doctors to injured racing drivers or marshals.
During the race weekend, they are stationed in the pit lane and are always on standby during the training sessions and the race to reach the scene of an accident quickly in the event of a serious accident. The vehicles are equipped with full emergency gear for the treatment of seriously injured people.