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The teamteams attend betweenaround 2 and 31 prehospital callspatient a day, delivering advanced airway management to 22.8% of patients attended and other critical care interventions to 25.2% of prehospital patients.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Neagle |first1=Gregg |last2=Curatolo |first2=Lisa |last3=Ferris |first3=John |last4=Donald |first4=Mike |last5=Hearns |first5=Stephen |last6=Corfield |first6=Alasdair R. |date=2019-04-01 |title=Epidemiology and location of primary retrieval missions in a Scottish aeromedical service |url=https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/wk/ejeme/2019/00000026/00000002/art00009 |journal=European Journal of Emergency Medicine |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=123–127 |doi=10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000483 |pmid=28746084 |s2cid=23053968}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Moultrie |first1=C. E. J. |last2=Corfield |first2=A. R. |last3=Pell |first3=J. |last4=Mackay |first4=D. |date=2017-05-01 |title=46 Forecasting the demand profile for a physician-led pre-hospital care service using a mathematical model |url=https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/Suppl_3/A18.2 |journal=BMJ Open |language=en |volume=7 |issue=Suppl 3 |doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2017-EMSabstracts.46 |issn=2044-6055 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> The EMRS team perform prehospital anaesthesia as required, with a complication rate of 4%,<ref name="A rural emergency medical retrieval" /> and a first pass success rate of 80%.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Ross |first1=Mark |last2=Corfield |first2=Alasdair |last3=McCormack |first3=Jon |last4=Loughrey |first4=John Paul |date=2015-11-01 |title=Tracheal intubation in primary and secondary retrieval patients: A study of tracheal intubation practice and complications in ICU and aeromedical retrieval |url=https://www.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572(15)00509-2/abstract |journal=Resuscitation |language=English |volume=96 |pages=49–50 |doi=10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.09.114 |issn=0300-9572}}</ref> This is comparable to other UK prehospital services offering this intervention.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lockey |first1=D. |last2=Crewdson |first2=K. |last3=Weaver |first3=A. |last4=Davies |first4=G. |date=August 2014 |title=Observational study of the success rates of intubation and failed intubation airway rescue techniques in 7256 attempted intubations of trauma patients by pre-hospital physicians |journal=British Journal of Anaesthesia |volume=113 |issue=2 |pages=220–225 |doi=10.1093/bja/aeu227 |pmid=25038154 |issn=0007-0912|doi-access=free }}</ref>