Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe

Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. (JUH;

Among recent developments of JUH in Germany is the establishment of local and regional groups that provide first responder services on horseback (see mounted search and rescue).

Overview

Germany

Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe in Germany is organised in nine state chapters, which comprise more than 200 associations on district and local levels.

Since 2017 Dr. h. c. Frank-Jürgen Weise is president of Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe. Joerg Oberfeld is the federal chief physician.

Austria

Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe in

The Brandenburg Bailiwick of the Order of St John has been active for more than 20 years in neighbouring Poland, where it has established 21 social care points. In the course of the eastward expansion of the European Union in 2004, the relief organisation Joannici Dzieło Pomocy was founded, which became active on 31 August 2004. Together with the Polish Johanniter foundation (established 2003) it engages primarily in ambulance services, nursing and youth work. Since its foundation, Joannici Dzieło Pomocy has recorded a constant growth, which is thought to continue due to high requests in first aid courses.

Tasks of Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe

Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe has bound itself to Christian charity. As a work of the Order of St John, it sees its challenge in the needs and dangers of the people. The central motivation is humanitarian aid.

The statutory tasks of JUH include

• Training: Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe participates in public first aid training, e.g. for driving licence candidates, for companies, etc., as well as in the special training of nurses and emergency medical technicians.
• Emergency medical service: JUH operates 210 ambulance stations in Germany which are equipped with patient transport ambulances, emergency ambulances and emergency physician vehicles.
• disaster relief: this task involves the response to major disasters. JUH therefore mans vehicles and stations provided by the federal and state governments of Germany. These tasks are mainly handled by voluntary personnel, e.g. all search and rescue dog squadrons are based on volunteers. JUH also maintains a network of crisis intervention
  and post-trauma support teams.
• Social care: Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe provide care for children and youths (also by training student first responders at schools), for disabled and elderly persons. They operate social centres, kindergartens, stationary institutions for the elderly,
  meals on wheels. In 2005 the first stationary hospice was established and furthermore ambulatory hospice is provided. Moreover, JUH engages in caring for dementia
  patients and the support of relatives.
• International aid: the Brandenburg Bailiwick of the Order of St John is engaged in 30 countries of the world. Medical treatment is thereby based on the experience of Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe in Germany. This brings about the core tasks of JUH abroad: medical relief in response to disasters, support in restoring civilian everyday life in crisis areas, establishing health care, medical training and skill enhancement, fighting of infectious diseases and epidemia, and orthopaedic treatment for disabled persons and war casualties. The focus remains on basic health care for people in areas affected by disasters and otherwise aggrieved regions of the world. Together with
  Civil Defense the European Technical Assistance Cooperation is formed. Its purpose is to operate a Technical Assistance and Support Team
  .

External links

• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. - official website
• Johanniter International - official website