Kham Nakorn EMS & Rescue
Our team assisting with delivering EMR training recently in Khonkaen. Training volunteers in essential lifesaving skills.
In partnership with
We currently provide EMR training for new volunteers, with award-winning water rescue and safety training. Over the last decade, we have trained hundreds of school children, the Royal Thai Border Police, and various organizations. Several of our volunteers played active roles in the cave rescue mission demonstrating our commitment to Thailand's DMAT response. Additionally, we have participated in flood efforts across the nation.
Looking to 2024 and beyond, we plan to enhance our 1669 (Medical Emergency Line) response service.
What we do
Our mission statement
We have a clearly defined mission statement, which is:
'Setting the standards of appropriate pre-hospital care to which others will aspire to achieve'
We will strive to achieve this through establishing new training processes to build and develop the skills of our volunteers.
Pull over for the ambulance
In Thailand, there is a noticeable hesitance among drivers to pull over for ambulances. While there are many reasons for this behavior, this site is not the place for that discussion. Instead, we want to emphasise the critical importance of allowing ambulances to pass, as mandated by Section 79 of the Land Traffic Act, which has significant penalties for non-compliance.
According to Section 79 of the Land Traffic Act, the public must adhere to the following guidelines when encountering an ambulance:
– Pedestrians should stop and move to the edge of the road or proceed the nearest safe area or shoulder.
– Drivers are required to stop or park their vehicles at the left edge of the road. If a bus lane is present the far left, they must park next to it, but not at an intersection.
– Drivers or animal handlers must control their animals and stop beside the road, avoiding intersections, and should do so as promptly as possible while taking necessary precautions.
This advert, which was produced for the Emergency Medical Institute of Thailand drives home the message - give way to the ambulance!
Support us
As a registered Foundation (this is the same as an NGO) we are predominately reliant on self-led fundraising and generation of income via community safety training (water safety etc) that we run.
This provides us with a limited funding stream that supports us in our day-to-day work, to develop however we are looking at innovative ways in which we can seek financial and practical aid from both within Thailand and from overseas too. This could be via sponsorship, grants or grants from companies via their partnership/community project programs.
If you would like to discuss this with us, please drop us an email.
