title: [Rapid development in prehospital physician staffed intensive care].
abstract: For the most severely injured and unstable patients physician staffed second tier emergency medical service (EMS) units are used in many European areas. Physician staffed prehospital care is associated with a high rate of survival, advanced trauma care and beneficial cost-effectiveness. In the Nordic countries anaesthesiologists staff the rapid response cars and ambulance helicopters. This article reviews the current status of physician EMS in Sweden and the rapid development of new prehospital intensive care methods.
authors.affiliation: Anestesi och Intensivvård - Södersjukhuset Stockholm, Sweden - Anestesi och Intensivvård Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gellerfors
authors.affiliation: Med Dr, Överläkare, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset - ANOPIVA Stockholm , Sweden Med Dr, Överläkare, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset - ANOPIVA Stockholm , Sweden.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gryth
authors.affiliation: Professor - Field of Pre-Hospital Critical Care, University of Stavanger Stavanger, Sweden Generalsekreterare - Stiftelsen Norsk Luftambulans Drøbak, Norway.
authors.forename: Hans Morten
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lossius
authors.affiliation: Anestesi och Intensivvård, Försvarsmedicinskt Centrum - Södra Älvsborgs Sjukhus Borås, Sweden Anestesi och Intensivvård - Borås, Sweden.
authors.forename: Joacim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Linde
mesh_terms: D017732:Air Ambulances; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods* / Q000600:supply & distribution / Q000639:trends; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D013548:Sweden; D000078329:Workforce