Table 1 Mission categories
Primary mission | A mission where the patient is located out-of-hospital and transported to a designated level of care facility |
Secondary mission | Inter-hospital transfer of a patient with the purpose of achieving a higher level of health care with more intensive/advanced treatment, due to acute injury or severe deterioration of condition |
SAR | Search and rescue mission |
Reversal | Transfer mission to a lower level of care facility, usually return trip to the local hospital/institution |