Fig. 3From: Helicopter emergency medical service for time critical interfacility transfers of patients with cardiovascular emergenciesDifference in mission times (HEMS—GEMS). Duration of all conducted Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) missions is plotted against the travel distance for the same mission by ambulance (ground-based distance). The black line with grey shading shows the univariate linear regression model with 95% confidence interval. A negative number indicates that HEMS is expected to be faster than GEMS. Complete case analysis, data was available for 639 of 645 patients (99.1%)Back to article page