The members of the forces’ medical emergency response team (MERT) – use to risk their lives in the hope of saving one. The MERT is a Medical Airborne quick reaction force that will be in the air within ten minutes and will be with the casualty and able to deliver extensive life saving medical aid. Among them are a paramedic, a trauma nurse and two doctors – one of whom is also an anesthetist. Their skills and equipment make the MERT the most advanced first-response airborne combat medical team in the world.
