Magh Assistance dispatches a resuscitation doctor (anesthetist-intensive care physician) to your home in Algiers for serious or unstable situations that are beyond the scope of a general practitioner's examination: respiratory distress, disturbances of consciousness, serious post-hospitalization effects. Specialized assessment from 5,000 DA, estimate announced prior to intervention. For an urgent situation, call +213 550 45 33 99 (phone and WhatsApp).
Why a home resuscitation doctor?
The intensive care physician - a specialist in anesthesia-intensive care - is trained in the management of organ failure and critical patients. His examination at home goes beyond the generalist's assessment: he evaluates respiratory function, hemodynamic status, level of consciousness and tolerance of heavy treatment, then decides on the right level of care. This expertise is invaluable for a fragile patient whom we wish to keep at home, without underestimating a vital risk.
Situations warranting this specialized examination
It is used in the event of severe dyspnea, desaturation, suspected sepsis, neurological disorders, decompensation in a patient with multiple pathologies, or on return from an intensive care stay when close monitoring remains necessary. The resuscitator must decide whether the patient can be safely cared for at home, or whether a transfer is necessary. When it is possible to keep the patient at home, the examination often leads to treatment within the framework of the’home hospitalization.
Rare expertise backed by an integrated team
Since 2011, from its base in Bab Ezzouar, Magh Assistance has brought together a team of over 120 doctors, including resuscitators, all trained in Swiss protocols (Swissmedic standards). This enables critical care skills to be mobilized in the city, where they are usually confined to the hospital. The centralized patient file ensures continuity: the resuscitator has access to vital signs, reports and previous treatments, and can call on the support of the rest of the team. doctors and nurses - to carry out its prescriptions.
From diagnosis to transfer, seamlessly
The resuscitator has a mobile set on site: 12-lead ECG (electrocardiogram), portable ultrasound and measurement of vital signs. If the assessment confirms an emergency, Magh Assistance immediately moves on with its own medicalized ambulances; for longer distances, the company operates 4 medicalized aircraft and 1 helicopter, and remains the sole player in interwilaya and Africa-Europe transfers. This integrated chain avoids the loss of time that occurs when diagnosis and transport depend on separate structures.
Rates and access
Specialized examination by a resuscitator starts at 5,000 DA, This fee is higher than that of a general practitioner's consultation, with a surcharge for nights, weekends and public holidays. Procedures and associated monitoring are calculated separately. The estimate is announced before any intervention; details are given on the page rates.
Hospital expertise at the patient's bedside
Bringing a resuscitator into the home means bringing expertise usually reserved for hospitals closer to the patient. For a family faced with a very fragile loved one, this high-level assessment provides a clear answer: what can be safely kept at home, and what cannot. This clear-sighted approach avoids both unnecessary transfers, which are hard on a weakened patient, and dangerous home stays. All this is supported by a centralized file and a team capable of immediately implementing the specialist's decisions.
Frequently asked questions
Should I call the resuscitator or emergency services in a life-threatening emergency?
In the event of immediate vital distress (arrest, stroke, suspected heart attack), first call the Protection Civile (14) or the SAMU (16). The Magh Assistance resuscitator intervenes to assess, stabilize and organize the transfer in serious but not immediately catastrophic situations.
Can the resuscitator continue resuscitation care at home?
Some heavy care (oxygen therapy, close monitoring, infusions) can be continued at home within the framework of a home hospitalization supervised by the team; others require a hospital setting, which the examination makes it possible to determine precisely.
Do you operate outside Algiers?
Yes: beyond Greater Algiers, interventions and transfers to other wilayas are organized, including by medical plane or helicopter, depending on distance and patient condition.
See also: the’general medical examination at home, and our helpful article on What to do in case of a medical emergency at home in Algiers.
The work of an intensive care physician requires constant vigilance regarding the Patient safety, a major challenge in healthcare according to the WHO. Source: World Health Organization (WHO).
