From Royal Navy First Aid circa 1914

A full week of teaching Tac med for CP teams, and HEAT. From London to York via Merseyside. Working with some awesome teams. 👊🏼

Still need 2, all going back to a 15Kn point on Your harness………..

A busy 7 days going from HEAT, to Tac med for CP and covert operators, to advanced rope rescue for wind turbines.

Ropes for rescue, a thread: 1/2 The 11mm dia rope we use on the rope rescue course is super strong (unknotted minimum breaking strength of around 3 tonnes) It’s made up of a core of 16 strands, and “DNA” with the ropes details on. Seen here with 150Kg on a single strand.

Ropes 2/2 150Kg suspended on a single strand from the 16 that make up the rope. This gives students confidence in the equipment.

It’s been a day of hanging around mostly, conducting final assessments on advanced rope rescue course for wind turbines with OPS-Wind

This week, Aebhric O'Kelly DTN FRSM FAWM talks with John Clark, the College's Executive Dean, about the new 2024-2025 academic year. They discuss the recent developments and plans for the college. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/corom…

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Another very varied week: Roads Policing med refresher, delivering webinar on RTC Med, hosting a CPD webinar on equestrian trauma, teaching an advanced rope rescue course; and finishing off teaching prolonged fieldcare in Snowdonia.

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Applications of Ocular Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Optic Nerve Sheath Assessment in the Emergency Setting: A Systematic Review. qxmd.com/r/39237139

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All the prep is done, briefing conducted, cars crushed and ready. We’ve even got some nice weather! GMFRS RTC team are on at 10:30. Come give them a cheer on!!!

Teaching in beautiful Snowdonia on the Remote Area Risk International prolonged field care course. Checklists ain’t cheatin’ #nooneiscomingitsuptous

Getting ready for night exercise on PFC course with Remote Area Risk International

Zero dark thirty in Snowdonia with the candidates on the prolonged field are course with ⁦Remote Area Risk International⁩

North Wales; You never let us down with sim weather for med courses 👌🏼👌🏼

Collies are another level crazy. Lucy is our 2 year old rescue settling in nicely. Yogi and Cassie just watch