OHSU’s field surgical team approaches Mount Hood aboard a Life Flight Network helicopter on May 24. (Photo courtesy of Albert Chi, M.D.)

Justin Regner, M.D., FACS, explains the contents of a go-bag on the rooftop helipad at OHSU Hospital. On May 24, the OHSU field surgical team responded to a trapped climber at Mount Hood — the mountain in the background. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

The OHSU field surgical team’s “go bag," includes necessities to support trauma surgeons at the site of an emergency. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Albert Chi, M.D., left, and Justin Regner, M.D., FACS, atop the helipad at OHSU Hospital, following the OHSU field surgical team’s callout to Mount Hood on May 24 to rescue a trapped climber. “In dire circumstances, our patients actually need us to go to them,” Regner says. (OHSU Christine Torres Hicks)

Heather Wong, administrative director of the trauma program at OHSU. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Mount Hood visible on the eastern horizon from helipad on the roof of OHSU Hospital. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)