Overcoming distance: an exploration of current practices of government and charity-funded critical care transport and retrieval organizations

Table 4 Crew composition

Location	Organization	Composition
		Mission Specific	Physician	Paramedic²	Nurse	Respiratory Therapist
Australia	Air Ambulance Victoria	✓	✓	✓
Australia	Greater Sydney Area HEMS		✓	✓
Australia	Retrieval Services Queensland	✓	✓	✓	✓
Australia	RFDS Queensland¹	✓	✓		✓
Canada	BCEHS			✓
Canada	EHS LifeFlight	✓		✓	✓	✓
Canada	Ornge			✓
Canada	STARS	✓	✓	✓	✓
Finland	FinnHEMS	✓	✓	✓
New Zealand	Northern Helicopter Rescue	✓	✓	✓
Norway	Norwegian Air Ambulance		✓	✓
Wales	EMRTS Cymru³	✓	✓	✓	✓

BCEHS: British Columbia Emergency Health Services; EMRTS: Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service; HEMS: Helicopter Emergency Medical Services; RFDS: Royal Flying Doctor Service; RSQ: Retrieval Services Queensland; STARS: Shock Trauma and Rescue Services; 1. The majority were single nurse retrievals; 2. Includes primary, advanced, and critical care paramedics; 3. EMRTS Cymru utilizes a critical care practitioner with either a paramedic or nursing background

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