EPISODE · Apr 20, 2022 · 58 MIN
The fundamentals of Mountain Rescue with Ben Cooper and Jamie Patterson
from Pre-Hospital Care Podcast · host Eoin Walker
In this session we will examine the fundamentals of Mountain Rescue with Paramedic Jamie Patterson and Emergency Nurse Practitioner Ben Cooper. This will include a look at the demographics and diversity of rescues within the Mountain Rescue Team (MRT). We will also examine the different specialist domains that constitute being a member of the MRT such as navigation, search strategies, team dynamics, Immediate Medical Care (IMC), casualty evacuation and much more. Finally, we will examine some seminal cases where all of Ben and Jamie’s training has come to use. Both World Extreme Medicine colleagues examine the following topics: Why is the MRT a fundamental part of an emergency response out on the hill? What a MRT comprises of (the size, the diversity of background and profession)? Domains of practice that are relevant What the education and training looks like from the inside. Internal governance and debrief. Risk management and mitigation Search strategies Importance of team dynamics The immediate medical care and ceilings of care on scene. Casevac Seminal cases from both guests Further resources recommended by the guests include: Go outside. Sit down. Wait. https://dmbins.com/blog/go-outside-sit-down-wait/ Mountain Rescue Doctor: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mountain-Rescue-Doctor-Wilderness-Medicine-ebook/dp/B000V770NC Mountain Rescue: History and Development in the Peak District 1920s-Present Day https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mountain-Rescue-Development-1920s-Present-1920s-2007/dp/0752440918 Cairngorm John: A Life in Mountain Rescue https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cairngorm-John-Allen/dp/1905207573 Call-out: A climber's tales of mountain rescue in Scotland https://www.amazon.co.uk/Call-out-climbers-mountain-rescue-Scotland/dp/1911342215 World Extreme Medicine - Fundamentals of Search & Rescue | Northumberland | October 2022 https://worldextrememedicine.com/products/search-rescue/sar/ If you have any specific Mountain Rescue questions, Jamie Patterson is available to take these at: [email protected] I hope you find this episode both engaging and insightful.
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In this session we will examine the fundamentals of Mountain Rescue with Paramedic Jamie Patterson and Emergency Nurse Practitioner Ben Cooper. This will include a look at the demographics and diversity of rescues within the Mountain Rescue Team (MRT). We will also examine the different specialist domains that constitute being a member of the MRT such as navigation, search strategies, team dynamics, Immediate Medical Care (IMC), casualty evacuation and much more. Finally, we will examine some seminal cases where all of Ben and Jamie’s training has come to use. Both World Extreme Medicine colleagues examine the following topics: Why is the MRT a fundamental part of an emergency response out on the hill? What a MRT comprises of (the size, the diversity of background and profession)? Domains of practice that are relevant What the education and training looks like from the inside. Internal governance and debrief. Risk management and mitigation Search strategies Importance of team dynamics The immediate medical care and ceilings of care on scene. Casevac Seminal cases from both guests Further resources recommended by the guests include: Go outside. Sit down. Wait. https://dmbins.com/blog/go-outside-sit-down-wait/ Mountain Rescue Doctor: Wilderness Medicine in the Extremes of Nature https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mountain-Rescue-Doctor-Wilderness-Medicine-ebook/dp/B000V770NC Mountain Rescue: History and Development in the Peak District 1920s-Present Day https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mountain-Rescue-Development-1920s-Present-1920s-2007/dp/0752440918 Cairngorm John: A Life in Mountain Rescue https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cairngorm-John-Allen/dp/1905207573 Call-out: A climber's tales of mountain rescue in Scotland https://www.amazon.co.uk/Call-out-climbers-mountain-rescue-Scotland/dp/1911342215 World Extreme Medicine - Fundamentals of Search & Rescue | Northumberland | October 2022 https://worldextrememedicine.com/products/search-rescue/sar/ If you have any specific Mountain Rescue questions, Jamie Patterson is available to take these at: [email protected] I hope you find this episode both engaging and insightful.
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