EMERGENCY MEDICINE IN THE DEEP COUNTRYSIDE

No helicopter, no neighbors, no safety net

Synopsis

Rural emergencies in some areas are uneasy when there is only one ambulance to cover 40 kilometers of countryside and three doctors, even though lives are on the line with every call.

A child bitten by a dog, a quadriplegic motorcyclist, a young woman suffering from internal bleeding, a rider crushed by his horse…

The doctors carry out one emergency after another without pause, often with no helicopter available and always racing against the clock.