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Imron, we are talking of two entirely different 'kettles of fish'...

The concept of CCTU/CPTU, I think has been around in India for nearly a decade now (or possibly even longer!!!) in some major centers. In these cases, patients are stabilized usually in one hospital (controlled environment) and either transferred to a point of definitive care or to a place which is logistically convenient to the patient's family or for various other reasons. These are usually planned and arranged by anaesthetists / intensivists in liaison with the relevant specialists. We certainly would not be interested in such semi-planned/scheduled tasks as emergency physicians.

I am interested in 'Emergency Transport' platforms and 'emergency pre-hospital interventions'. Like say for example a seriously injured patient. What kind of interventions are the EM fellows/EMTs trained to perform out of hospital? What systems do we have in place to deal with this?

The reason I asked the question as to whether any training is provided in PHEA (pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia) or not is because of the innate risk it has even in the best hands. Callousness withstanding, it would be next to negligence if one undertook this without adequate training or governance. Not having the faculty or the resources may not be good enough excuses when things don't go per plan.