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The '''Emergency Medical Retrieval Service''' ('''EMRS''') is part of [[ScotSTAR]] retrieval service. The EMRS provides [[aeromedical]] [[Critical care medicine|critical care]] retrieval and [[Pre-hospital emergency medicine|pre-hospital care]] to people in [[Scotland]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last=McHenry |first=Ryan D. |last2=Moultrie |first2=Christopher EJ |last3=Cadamy |first3=Andrew J. |last4=Corfield |first4=Alasdair R. |last5=Mackay |first5=Daniel F. |last6=Pell |first6=Jill P. |date=2023-08-22 |title=Pre-hospital and retrieval medicine in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study of the workload and outcomes of the emergency medical retrieval service in the first decade of national coverage |url=https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-023-01109-6 |journal=Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=39 |doi=10.1186/s13049-023-01109-6 |issn=1757-7241 |pmc=10463457 |pmid=37608349}}</ref> in the form of two retrieval teams (North and West). The service provides patients in remote and rural areas with rapid access to the skills of a [[Consultant (medicine)|consultant]] or senior doctor in emergency medicine, intensive care medicine or anaesthesia, and facilitates transfers to larger, better equipped urban hospitals.<ref name="what we do">{{cite web |title=What we do |url=http://www.emrs.scot.nhs.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18&Itemid=28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411060354/http://www.emrs.scot.nhs.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18&Itemid=28 |archive-date=11 April 2009 |access-date=2009-11-18 |publisher=EMRS |location=Glasgow}}</ref> The EMRS functions supplementary to the regular Scottish Ambulance Service Air Ambulance service. Unlike air ambulance services in other parts of the UK, both services are funded by the [[Scottish Government]]. The EMRS has occasionally featured on the [[Five (TV channel)|Channel 5]] documentary series ''[[Highland Emergency]]'', which charts the work of rescue services in the [[Scottish Highlands]].<ref name="spin doctor">{{cite web |date=January 2009 |title=''Spin Doctor'' (EMRS Newsletter) |url=http://www.emrs.scot.nhs.uk/images/stories/newsletters/january09.pdf |access-date=2009-11-18 |publisher=EMRS |location=Glasgow}}</ref>
EMRS North team (in Aberdeen) is on base between 0800 and 1800, and EMRS West team (in Glasgow) are on base between 0700 and 2300, for immediate deployment; outside these hours the teams are on-call and will take at least 30 minutes longer to deploy.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Gallier |first=Jonny |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54a40119e4b0fbd5ffb33811/t/60dedd449cc52157c56eb443/1625218372992/OG028.pdf |title=OG028 ScotSTAR Referral}}</ref>
Services are provided in partnership with the [[Scottish Ambulance Service]] utilising road transport, [[helicopter]]s and [[fixed-wing aircraft]]. The EMRS
==History==
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* In 2012, the [[Mobile app|app]] developed by the EMRS won the EHI award for ''best use of mobile technology in healthcare'' and the [[NHS Scotland]] eHealth award for ''Best NHS Scotland use of Mobile technology''.<ref name="Scotsman App 22Oct2015" />
* In 2023, the EMRS won the ''Military & Emergency Services Champion'' category at the Scotland's Champion's awards.<ref>{{Cite web |last=plc |first=Reach |title=Scotland's Champions 2023 - Finalists |url=https://scotlandschampions.co.uk/2023/en/page/finalists |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=scotlandschampions.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>
== See also ==
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