Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência

Urgent Mobile Care Service
Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência
NicknameSAMU, SAMU-192
Named afterService d'Aide Médicale Urgente (SAMU) of France
Formation27 April 2004 (2004-04-27)
Location
Official language
Brazilian Portuguese, Guarani
Parent organization
Ministério da Saúde (Brazilian Ministry of Health)
Websitegov.br/saude/pt-br/composicao/saes/samu-192

Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência (SAMU or SAMU 192; lit. 'Urgent Mobile Care Service') is Brazil's public national pre-hospital mobile care service. The service is provided free of charge under Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS) and is available 24 hours a day via the dedicated emergency number 192.

In June 2025, SAMU reportedly had a fleet of over 4,300 ambulances, servicing about 188 million people in 4,143 Brazilian municipalities (out of 5,500; around 75% city coverage).

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