THE FUNDATION OF THE ZAGREB RESCUE TEAM

The author of this text provides an insight into how the Zagreb Rescue Team, an antecedent of Institute for Urgent Medical Assistance, was founded. Using archival data and newspaper sources, the author follows all the stages that led to the foundation of the Team. He analyses the influence of social and economic conditions in Zagreb at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. Also, he surveys changes in the quality of life of the citizens of Zagreb at this time, placing the founding of the "Rescue Team" in this context.