Emergency Contacts
Health & Emergency Numbers
Essential contacts to save in Luanda, plus clear phrases for urgent calls
In a medical emergency, clear location details matter as much as the number you call. Save these contacts in advance, keep your phone charged, and be ready to describe the situation simply and quickly.
Important: always share your location as clearly as possible using a street, landmark, building name, neighbourhood or map link. Response time can vary with traffic and access.
Save the right numbers before you need them
For medical emergencies, `116` is the clearest ambulance reference linked to INEMA. Current public guidance also supports keeping `111` and `112` available as backup emergency routes.
Keep your line free, your phone unlocked and your sound on.
Send a map pin or guide responders with a nearby landmark.
Ambulance, INEMA
Best primary number to save for ambulance and emergency medical response.
Emergency Contact
Useful general emergency route to keep saved alongside the medical number.
Ambulance Backup
Keep saved as an additional emergency reference if the first route does not work.
Emergency guide
Open the sections below for call structure, useful phrases and simple practical advice.
- Location: exact address, neighbourhood, landmark or map link.
- Patient: age, sex, conscious or unconscious.
- Breathing: breathing or not breathing.
- Symptoms: explain the problem as clearly as possible.
- Phone: keep your line free after the call.
Português
Preciso de uma ambulância em [local]. A pessoa tem [idade], é [homem ou mulher], está [consciente ou inconsciente], está [a respirar ou não], e os sintomas são [descrever]. O meu número é [número].
English
I need an ambulance at [location]. The patient is [age], [male or female], [conscious or unconscious], [breathing or not breathing], and the symptoms are [describe]. My number is [number].
- Use a landmark if the street name is unclear.
- Send your live location to someone nearby if possible.
- Keep your phone unlocked and with sound on after calling.
- If one line fails, try the backup contact you saved.