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== Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) == |
== Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) == |
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The '''Emergency Medical Retrieval Service''' ('''EMRS''') provides [[aeromedical]] [[Critical care medicine|critical care]] retrieval and [[Pre-hospital emergency medicine|pre-hospital critical care]] to people in [[Scotland]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal | |
The '''Emergency Medical Retrieval Service''' ('''EMRS''') provides [[aeromedical]] [[Critical care medicine|critical care]] retrieval and [[Pre-hospital emergency medicine|pre-hospital critical 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]]. |
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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">{{Cite web |last=Scottish Ambulance Service |title=FOI Request |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/879854/response/2102601/attach/3/FOI%201597%20Response%20Letter.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1}}</ref><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> |
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">{{Cite web |last=Scottish Ambulance Service |title=FOI Request |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/879854/response/2102601/attach/3/FOI%201597%20Response%20Letter.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1}}</ref><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> |