The Emergency Medical Retrieval Service (EMRS) is part of ScotSTAR retrieval service. The EMRS provides aeromedical critical care retrieval and pre-hospital care to people in Scotland[1][2] 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 or senior doctor in emergency medicine, intensive care medicine or anaesthesia, and facilitates transfers to larger, better equipped urban hospitals.[3] The EMRS functions supplementary to the regular Scottish Ambulance Service Air Ambulance service. Unlike air ambulance services in other parts of the UK, EMRS has no dedicated aircraft but both EMRS North and West are funded by the Scottish Government. The EMRS has featured on the Channel 5 documentary series Highland Emergency, which charts the work of rescue services in the Scottish Highlands.[4]
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.[5][6]
Services are provided in partnership with the Scottish Ambulance Service utilising road transport, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The EMRS operates as part of ScotSTAR, the Scottish national retrieval service, sharing a bespoke base at Glasgow Airport.[7]
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^"What we do". Glasgow: EMRS. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
^"Spin Doctor (EMRS Newsletter)" (PDF). Glasgow: EMRS. January 2009. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
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