David Whalley – BASICS Scotland

David Whalley – Big incidents, the effects and how we can look after ourselves

David “Heavy” Whalley with his plethora of civilian and military search and rescue experience chats us through the effects events such as the Lockerbie disaster has had on him.  He discusses the culture and attitude change to the effects these incidents have on the responder, what to look for and how to create healthy coping Read More …

The Sandpiper Trust
The Sandpiper Trust, a Scottish Charity, was set up in memory of Sandy Dickson by his parents, family and friends. The primary aim of the Trust is to ensure that all Rural GPs in Scotland are provided with essential emergency medical equipment and resources once they have undergone specialist training courses and gained certification from BASICS Scotland. For further information on the work of the Sandpiper Trust, please go to www.sandpipertrust.org.

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Scottish Infection Prevention and Control Education Pathway (SIPCEP)
A clear staged pathway of contemporary HAI education to enable staff and students to continuously improve their knowledge and skills around Infection Prevention and Control (IPC).
This pathway will provide flexible access to learning for staff as appropriate to their role and adopts a modular structure. The content is contemporary and suitable for wide multi-professional clinical and non-clinical audiences, in all health and social care settings. The pathway will comprise three layers – Foundation, Intermediate and Improvement.
Find out more on the NES website.

BASICS Scotland

5 days ago

Johnny chats us through the urgent care section of the ambulance service Top 3 tips With Urgent Care Patients, take your time. Ask yourself "What does my patient need, where best can that be achieved, and in what timescale is it required". Follow the BRAN principles: consider and discuss with the patient the 'Benefits', 'Risks', 'Alternatives' and what likely happens if we do 'Nothing'. Phone a friend: Professional to Professional conversations enable better decision making, greater access to records, pathways and services and ultimately get patients to the Right Care.Biography Jonathon Will started his paramedic journey with London Ambulance Service before becoming the Lead Emergency Care Paramedic for Croydon University Hospital. After the loss of his wife aged just 39 (attributed to poor care in an overrun maternity unit and a strong driver for his passion to make NHS systems better), Jonathon returned home to Scotland and worked first as a Paramedic, then Specialist Paramedic, and Trainee Advanced Paramedic, before moving into the Clinical Directorate. Moving on, Jonathon is about to become an NHS National Improvement Adviser for the Scottish Government as part of the Redesign of Urgent Care program. He is also Tayside Mountain Rescue medical Officer, works with several events and expedition companies and is involved with teaching and assessing for SMR, WEMSI, MRT, UE, Wild Fitness and more. Jonathon is Co-Founder of the 'Healthiest Town' project and is also a Kick Boxing instructor and a single dad - as he puts it... a busy little human! ... See MoreSee Less

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BASICS Scotland

5 days ago

BASICS Scotland Podcasts Latest Release - Johnny Will - Urgent Care - Johnny chats us through the urgent care section of the ambulance service. - mailchi.mp/8783ac47d79b/latest-basics-scotland-podcast-release-andy-elwood-its-good-to-talk-11797657 ... See MoreSee Less

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BASICS Scotland

2 weeks ago

Bernd and Hermann talk us through their research into performing CPR with restricted patient access. Three top tips 1 - In an asphyxiated patient start ventilation as soon as possible 2 - In a situation of restricted patient access, don't think about standard CPR, start ventilation asap, even if in a really awkward or alternative position.3 - Even minimal training makes a difference so regular training and practice of CPR is crucial and should be included in other training, such as avalanche training courses. Biographies: Hermann Brugger MD, born in Bruneck / Bolzano / Italy, December 30th, 1951; married to the painter Elfriede Gangl, 1978; children: Franz, Johanna. MD at the University Vienna, Austria, 1978; Medical assistant at the Hospital Sisters of Charity, Linz, Austria, 1979-1983. General Practitioner at the National Health Service, Bruneck, Italy, from 1983 to 2017.Emergency physician for the Emergency Medical System and mountain rescue physician of the Mountain Rescue Organization of South Tyrol from 1983 to 2017. Eduard Wallnöfer Prize Tyrolean Industry, 1992; Georg Grabner Prize University Vienna, 1995; Research Award of the Wilderness Medical Society USA, 2012; Paul Auerbach Award Wilderness Medical Society USA, 2016. Member of the Board of the Italian Society of Mountain Medicine, 1999-2005; Member of the Board of the Medical Commission of the Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme UIAA MEDCOM, 2001-2009; President of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM, 2001-2009; Member of the Board of the International Society of Mountain Medicine ISMM, from 1999; President of the International Society of Mountain Medicine ISMM, from 2016; Member of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine ICAR MEDCOM, from 1991; Associate Editor of High Altitude Medicine and Biology, from 2001; Guest lecturer University Padova, from 1999; Associate Professor and lecturer at the Innsbruck Medical University, from 2006; Founder and head of the EURAC Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine at the European Academy Bolzano, Italy, from 2009. President of the International Society of Mountain Medicine ISMM, from 2016. Around 60 book chapters, 280 publications (current cumulative IF [2020-10-27]: 869) in emergency medicine. ... See MoreSee Less

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