Green HEMS: how to make it happen

E Ter Avest^{1

2}, M Kratz³, T Dill⁴, M Palmer⁵

Affiliations

¹ Air Ambulance Kent, Surrey and Sussex, Redhill Airfield, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 5YP, UK. ewoudteravest@aakss.org.uk.
² University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. ewoudteravest@aakss.org.uk.
³ Emergency Medical Services, Centre for Prehospital Emergency Care, Department of Emergency, Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Tampere University, FinnHEMS 30 & 40, Tampere, Finland. maria.kratz@helsinki.fi.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
⁵ Emergency Medical Transfer Retrieval Service- Wales Air Ambulance, Ty Elusen, Ffordd Angel, Llanelli Gate, Dafen, Llanelli, UK.

E Ter Avest et al. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2023.

. 2023 May 4;31(1):23.

doi: 10.1186/s13049-023-01087-9.

E Ter Avest^{1

2}, M Kratz³, T Dill⁴, M Palmer⁵

¹ Air Ambulance Kent, Surrey and Sussex, Redhill Airfield, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 5YP, UK. ewoudteravest@aakss.org.uk.
² University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. ewoudteravest@aakss.org.uk.
³ Emergency Medical Services, Centre for Prehospital Emergency Care, Department of Emergency, Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Tampere University, FinnHEMS 30 & 40, Tampere, Finland. maria.kratz@helsinki.fi.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University Hospital Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
⁵ Emergency Medical Transfer Retrieval Service- Wales Air Ambulance, Ty Elusen, Ffordd Angel, Llanelli Gate, Dafen, Llanelli, UK.

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Green HEMS in mountain and remote areas: reduction of carbon footprint through drones?
van Veelen MJ, Strapazzon G. van Veelen MJ, et al. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2023 Jul 18;31(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s13049-023-01099-5. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2023. PMID: 37464430 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Invited commentary on "Green HEMS in mountain and remote areas: reduction of carbon footprint through drones?".
Ter Avest E, Kratz M, Dill T, Palmer M. Ter Avest E, et al. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2023 Nov 6;31(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s13049-023-01120-x. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2023. PMID: 37932855 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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