… emergency vehicles. I was pretty sure I was the only health care provider around.” Emergency Support Nielsen arrived at 8:30 a.m. and by 9 saw her first patient, who volunteered to post … teams also were getting backed up with requests. The plan was to pick up Nielsen for support, then navigate “back routes” about 17 miles to the small hospital in West Point, … later in Pilger to transfer the patient to a waiting squad from Norfolk. “It was great, great support,” Kreikemeier said of Nielsen’s efforts. “That’s what it’s kind of like in small towns.” …