Students from EU countries should ask for the European Health Insurance Card at their home country.

Students from non EU countries are required to have a health insurance valid for Portugal.

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY DIAL 112

• All 112 medical calls requiring an ambulance in Portugal are transferred from police dispatch to Dispatching Health Center (CODU)
• Dispatcher technician completes questionnaire under supervision of regulating physician
  • Non-urgent: Advice is given, no team sent
  • Urgent: Vehicle sent staffed by physician and nurse
  • Helicopters in specific situations
  • Urgent, Non-Life Threatening: Ambulance with two technicians
• Patient transported to most appropriate hospital (with doctor and nurse, if necessary)
• Receiving hospital contacted by CODU with clinical details