The fundamentals of Mountain Rescue with Ben Cooper and Jamie Patterson

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:
jamie.pattison90@gmail.com





I hope you find this episode both engaging and insightful.