PICT comprises either a senior doctor from Raigmore Hospital or a rural GP, together with a Scottish Ambulance Service advanced practitioner in critical care.

The PICT Team have attended a variety of incidents, including aircraft crashes, road traffic collisions, stabbings, shootings and critically unwell patients.

[8][14] When audited, it was found that the PICT Team were able to discharge on scene 22% of the cases they attended; 17% of their patients were paediatrics, and 39% were traumatic injuries.

[citation needed] This is due to the PICT Team including a senior doctor who is able to facilitate alternative care pathways or provide interventions in someone's home, such as access to prescription medications to allow them to avoid attending the hospital.

[26][27] This led to the local MSP Sir Edward Mountain to campaign to save this prehospital resource from defunding.

[28] Mountain stated that: "This pioneering service is essential when responding to major trauma incidents across the Highlands – we simply cannot afford to lose it.

[citation needed] In early 2022, Dr Luke Regan, the PICT Team clinical lead, was awarded "Medic of the Year 2021" by the College of Remote and Offshore Medicine and invited to join their Council of Members for his work relating to the provision of trauma care across the Highlands of Scotland.