Jockey club horse racing events are indeed covered by doctors trained in
line with BASICs princials. I have been pleased to see in my last 4 years
of inolvement with horseracing events, the efforts made to ensureby the
Jockey club that these events are covered by doctors with adequate training
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From: Jeremy Mayhew <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 25 June 2000 19:31
Subject: Major Incident - Event coverage
>
>> Hello all, as a recent subscriber to this list I have been reading this
>> thread with interest. It was bought home particularly today, by the
>> tragic accident at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. A driver lost his
>> life and two marshals were seriously injured. The event was covered
>> medically by the BARC, who were there for the participants, Sussex
>> Ambulance who had paramedics mainly for the crowd, but also to transport
>> any seriously injured to the local hospital and the St Johns who were
>> also there for the crowd.
>
>Hi Mark,
>
>Nothing like starting with a bit of controversy! I thought that BARC docs
>were trained along similar lines to BASICS, and I think there is some sort
>of affiliation, ditto horse events (?). Doubt whether all the docs there
>were trained to that standard though. Did the paramedics even get near the
>patient? I suspect cover at these events comes down to who you know.
>
>I have always been a bit bemused by event coverage. Was Matt BradstockSmith
>there? Ignoring the incident you talked about due to sensitivities, I
wonder
>if there is any sense in ambulance services requiring at least deployment
of
>an MIO to the scene for cover of large events. The potential for a major
>incident at this, plus airshows etc are high. Knowing the BASICS cover for
>that area, I'm 25-30 minutes away, Matt 10-15, Priscilla 15-20mins.
>
>As local scheme members, we are all fully used to working with you guys as
a
>team week in week out, which is what you need when the 5H1T hits the fan.
We
>are also used to clambering about inside vehicles to attend victims- with
>all necessary protective clothing, and fully equipped for pre-hospital
>emergencies with kit bags full of stuff we use every week.
>
>We have a local airshow too, and if there was a major incident back up from
>my BASICS colleagues is some 30 minutes away (except Iain McNeil, who tanks
>along at 120!). I'm away attempting the Diploma for this September's. It
>seems that for a high risk activity, the local community is missing out on
>all local MIO's and other BASICS docs, all trained and practised for these
>events.
>
>Anyone any thoughts? Iain?
>
>Cheers
>Jeremy (GP/BASICS/MIO/MIMMS Instructor)
>
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