title: A stroke in the woods.
abstract: Responding to incidents where access by conventional land-based ambulance assets is limited is an important facet of helicopter emergency medical services operations in rural areas. Often in such cases extra resources must be utilised to enable access to patients and facilitate egress to transport platforms. This case illustrates the importance of coordination and integration with additional resources that can be utilised in remote rural locations.
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care, Pain and Resuscitation Research, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, MIDRU Building, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK. carl_mcqueen@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McQueen
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wyse
mesh_terms: D017732:Air Ambulances / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population; D020521:Stroke / Q000188:drug therapy; D055813:Wilderness Medicine
keywords: mountian rescue; pre-hospital; prehospital care, communications; remote and rural medicine; stroke