Emergencies in Dubrovnik

Good to Know

• Save 112 in your phone before you need it — it is the one number that always works in Dubrovnik, even with a foreign SIM, no SIM at all, or no credit.
• You don't need to install any app to receive Croatia's official emergency alerts (HR-ALARM) — they arrive automatically as SMS/cell-broadcast messages to any phone connected to a local network in the area, including tourists roaming on a foreign SIM.
• If you only know one service-specific number, 192 is police and 194 is ambulance, but defaulting to 112 is simplest since it routes to whichever service you need and can coordinate multiple services at once.
• There is only one hospital-based ER in Dubrovnik itself — Opća bolnica Dubrovnik — so it serves the entire city and wider county; for genuinely non-urgent issues, private clinics (e.g. tourist medical clinics) are faster and often have shorter waits than the public ER, especially in summer.
• Croatia does not use a US-style numbered trauma-center classification, so 'trauma level' isn't officially designated here — treat this as the region's primary emergency/trauma-capable hospital rather than a formally ranked trauma center.
• For life-threatening emergencies, dial 112 (general EU emergency number) or 194 (ambulance) rather than trying to arrange your own transport.