Dr Alastair Glennie
SMR National Medical Officer
Presents (in conjunction with Duncan Scott):
Management of Hypothermic Casualties by Scottish Mountain Rescue Teams
Synopsis:
Every mountain rescue casualty in Scotland is cold and usually wet. Alastair and Duncan will present some cases from recent rescues in Scotland where hypothermic casualties have been treated to demonstrate the current approach. Hopefully, this will stimulate discussion around the approach for different degrees of hypothermia and some of the latest changes in management.
Bio:
Alastair is a GP in Aberdeenshire and has been a doctor with Aberdeen Mountain Rescue Team for the last 11 years.
For the first 5 of these, he has also been the National Medical Officer for Scottish Mountain Rescue, the organisation that represents and supports 24 Scottish Mountain Rescue teams.
He represented Scotland in the 2019 ICAR MEDCOM and has been involved in developing Mountain Rescue Team guidelines for avalanche and hypothermia jointly with BASICS Scotland, Scottish Ambulance Service and Emergency Medical Retrieval Service.
He may be familiar to BASICS Scotland regulars as he responds in Aberdeenshire, instructs on courses and is treasurer of the Grampian Immediate Care Scheme