The Friday night and Saturday at Glenmore Lodge was a training session for BASP First Aid Trainers. After dinner on Friday evening it was very much a time catching up with folks not seen for ages and what could euphemistically be called an 'open forum' (drinking session). I chickened out around midnight having done my best to rid the world of red wine! I think some of the 'serious' drinkers turned in around two o'clock.
Saturday, snow. Much muttering about being stuck inside instead of skiing! Breakfast, a healthy bowl of muesli and fruit followed by a full English and large coffee!! Over breakfast the skiing talk was toned down to "Well, the snow won't have consolidated" and "It'll all be wet and heavy stuff to ski in", so 'inside' wasn't looking so bad after all.
First up was an Aviemore GP and BASICS Doctor who spends a lot of time with the local ski patrol. He was giving us an update on the management of spinal injuries, particularly injuries to the cervical spine. To collar or not to collar?? The consensus was that in the winter mountain environment the main factors influencing the decision would be the prevailing weather conditions and the quality/effectiveness of the available method of total immobilisation. If it's snowing and blowing we would be reluctant to expose a casualty sufficiently to fit a collar as long as an effective method of total casualty immobilisation was available (usually a vacuum mattress).
The removal of full face motorcycle helmets was refreshed and practised, both with an assistant and solo.
Coffee and biccies.
Some discussion on semantics! What terminology do trainers use, is it primary survey, body sweep, head to toe body check!! Send the doubters back to read the book!!!
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