5 day R/EMO:TE Medic Course endorsed by The Faculty of Pre Hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeon’s (Edinburgh).
This Course has been endorsed by the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. The Course complies with the teaching and educational standards of the Faculty of Pre - Hospital Care. We are delighted to announce that the globally respected Faculty of Pre Hospital Care of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh), the Gold Standard in the sectors we serve, has formally endorsed our unique 5 day R/EMO:TE Medic Course, our entry level foundation
Standards, competence, top cover, tourniquet conversion & the importance of context.
Feb 22. 2025. This article is from a civilian remote medic/fieldwork/expedition/nuanced perspective but may have wider application. We’re putting it up now for currency and value of message speed. Might get refined over the next week or so for posterity/ added links etc. A multiplicity of tourniquet types and styles. These and more are taught on our courses. Importantly, familiarise yourself with kit (and check the suitability of it) before departure. Beware of fakes and buy
Court Judgement. Australian criminal prosecution. Death on expedition. Diabetes management. Pre screening. Pre training. Monitoring. Ops room communications. Telemed.Risk Assessment. Risk mitigation.
A tragic case. If you are involved in expeditions, fieldwork or remote medical cover, you need to read it. It’s an Australian case...
Reflections on 2024 in pictures and thoughts …plus some 2025 spoilers …
A look back at 2024 in words and pictures.. abd and a look ahead…
Casualty Care in the cold. Casualty management priorities, Formula 1 pit stop team approach; Hypothermia wraps/protection & heat loss prevention in the field:
Formula 1 pit stop hypothermia approach. Heat loss / Cold needs to be managed from the outset. It’s something most of us in the outdoor/expedition medical world have been doing for decades. It’s nothing new. We do this by using group shelters / bothy bags and also other interventions. Good skills to have the wider team trained to do this in parallel at the very start of the very longstanding CABCDE approach. It’s exactly why our ‘Check cards’ have been headed by a ‘Cold Card’