General practitioners not available - out-of-hospital emergency patients handled by anaesthesiologist in a large Norwegian municipality

• Main Authors: Henrik Hauståker (Author), Øyvind Østerås (Author), Dag Ståle Nystøyl (Author), Jon Kenneth Heltne (Author), Erik Zakariassen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Until autumn 2018 the GPs in Bergen Municipality did not attend emergency patients outside the emergency primary care centre. The ambulance staff handled emergencies on their own or were assisted by an anaesthesiologist from the helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS). The aim of this...