Eventmed UK Ltd

Pre-hospital Medicine & Terrorist attack

For a group of doctors, some of whom had noticed practised accident medicine in years, the BMA Headquarters in Tavistock Square was a chilling experience on July 7th 2005. The world is facing a new threat from Terrorism, gone are the days of warnings and military targets. The dreadful truth is that anyone from an animal rights activist to Al Quaeda might now initiate an attack of a chemical, biological, or radiological character or use explosives almost anywhere in the United Kingdom.

We do not intend this course for every doctor and nurse, but we believe there is a need for those medical and non-medical staff who may be involved in NHS Trust Emergency Plans or be providing medical cover at public gatherings to understand the reality of what might occur. This course looks at the Major Incident planning in place as a result of the Civil Contingencies legislation and what might occur.

This is a half day course that looks at the injuries of bomb and blast, and chemical incidents. It considers scene management, casualty decontamination, and hospital organisation. It discusses the strengths and weaknesses of current training. The video presentations are graphic and uncompromising.

The course costs £280 plus VAT, but may be expanded on request to a full day by adding on a trauma management module that requires active participation from some of the candidates and may leave synthetic blood on their hands! The full day course is £500 plus VAT. Protective clothing is supplied for the trauma session.

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