Medical training and inter-service exercises for local emergency teams. Endorsed by SWAST & BASICS Devon. Run by volunteers. We depend on your generosity
Follow up Question for paramedics and other road crews. When requesting/talking with a critical/enhanced care or BASICS team/responder. Why are you calling them?
Texts say we are better adapted to lose heat than conserve it because we evolved in the Serengeti... However, we also tolerate greater hypothermia than hyperthermia... Do these concepts conflict?
Disturbing footage of the consequences when a lorry driver loses concentration. We should redouble our attempts to drive safely... https://t.co/nvKTjQkqXD
For those who aren’t familiar with it, this is one of my favourite careers/wellness/self-care concepts.
Find your ikigai. Make a difference.
#TEDxNHS#surgery#HeForShe#HammerItOut#ikigai
It's a busy Friday for the Prometheus sales team today. We are also in Warwick for the second day of the BASICS Annual Conference. Visit our stand to have a chat with one of the team. We look forward to seeing you there! @BASICS_HQ#BASICS2019
“Normalisation of deviance” “Closed cadres” “Marking you own homework” “Lord of the Flies”: all attitudes at risk of occurring without external scrutiny #BASICS2019
Prehospital RSI more dangerous than in-hospital so governance & safety regimens must be more not less stringent. @DrJonBailey on this morning’s panel... #BASICS2019
@mark_millins - “if you need to ask if doctors are needed, perhaps you’re not going to understand the answer...” some really insightful comments from a very senior and experienced paramedic #BASICS2019@BASICS_HQ
Dr Brendan Sloan is another colleague and friend with a story to tell - you can hear a pin drop. The medical aspects of the Thai Cave Rescue are both fascinating and terrifying #BASICS2019
For the old prob of a realistic transfer from live actor into collapse during sim sesh: 2ary examiners can run a facsimile on manikin behind screen: Screen lifts, candidate transfers realtime to manikin simple but clever! #BASICS2019
Trench collapse is commoner than you may think - and can be deadly. So much so that @H_S_E have issued guidance to prevent it. https://t.co/S5xiEZ7Y1N @BASICS_HQ#BASICS2019