UCLan Mountain Medicine

16/10/2024

Jim Evans of has helped us deliver some climbing CPD courses recently. He’s just been appointed as a Felltop Assessor for .

As one of four assessors, Jim and the team will climb Helvellyn everyday between 1st December and March in order to make a ground condition report for walkers.

We hope Jim brings us good news of winter conditions soon!

28/08/2024

🏔 **Celebrating the “ICAR - International Mountain Rescue Day” on August 28** 🏔 Many years ago, specifically on the weekend of August 28 and 29, 1948, mountain rescue
experts convened upon the invitation of the Austrian Alpine Club.
During this conference at Wilder Kaiser, experiences, knowledge, and technology were exchanged.
This pivotal gathering led to the founding of ICAR (International Commission for Alpine Rescue) in 1955, and it strengthened the international network and community of mountain rescuers.
August 28 therefore marks a significant day in the history of the international mountain rescue efforts.
With the International Mountain Rescue Day as introduced by ICAR in 2022, we celebrate the spirit of community, progress, and the commitment of all those people who dedicate themselves to the safety of others in the mountains.
As a provider of the ICAR/UIAA/ISMM we are honored to share and celebrate this legacy. Join us in marking this special day and upholding the tradition and dedication of mountain rescue!

https://www.alpine-rescue.org/

02/08/2024

‘Pain management is an essential and basic humanitarian standard in the care of injured children’

Authors from the Paediatric Blast Injury Partnership have recently published a quick guide for Emergency Pain Management for Injured Children.

It has a section on limb and burn trauma which may be relevant to some of our followers working in mountain medicine/rescue.

https://www.kidconfident.org/uploads/b/274f6740-a666-11ed-9a99-975eb6031101/PBIP-QuickGuide_EmergPainMgmtChildren_June_2024_MzI5Mz.pdf

Bristol Royal Hospital for Children

The Air Ambulance Service
Barts Health NHS Trust

01/08/2024

https://wms.org/magazine/1472/GPS-Technology/default.aspx

Your GPS device needs the capability of sending communications and should be integrated into daily plans and operations

31/07/2024

We’re delighted lecturer and alumnus Nick Wright has been recognised with a Mountain Rescue England and Wales long service award after volunteering with the group for half of his life.

https://www.uclan.ac.uk/news/nick-wright-award

31/07/2024

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the first summit of . The Italian expedition climbers Archille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli reached the 8,611 meter summit via the Abruzzi Ridge.

Both climbers and two other members of the group suffered severe frostbite with one team member having several toes amputated on their return.

31/07/2024

As we approach our alpine module assessments, students might be considering adding the microtraxion or nanotraxion to their crevasse rescue kit. Both devices allow the addition of a keeper cord when combined with the SM’D carabiner. Useful in preventing these small devices being dropped when handling with gloved hands. The SM’D also improves efficiency/reduces friction over the pulley when using the nanotraxion with larger diameter ropes due to its low profile design. #

30/07/2024

Last week we hosted a 3 day Climbing Development CPD course for some new applicants to the . The course was designed with those with limited trad climbing experience to learn the fundamentals. Bridging knowledge and skill gaps enables applicants to access the PGDip Mountain Medicine course.

30/07/2024

As one of the 22 international providers of the Diploma in Mountain Medicine (and one of just a few taught in English within Europe) we attended the course organisers meeting yesterday to share ideas regarding the future of the programme.

28/07/2024

On Friday, July 12, 2024, Utah Public Safety officials received 911 text messages from two hikers inside Canyonlands National Park

25/07/2024

Today is World Drowning Prevention day. As the weather warms up please stop & think before entering water.

Anyone can drown, no one should. Top tips for cooling off safely in, on & around water this summer

18/07/2024

Mountain Medicine lecturer, Dr Jeremy Windsor is currently at advanced base camp (4200m) on Lenin Peak, Kyrgyzstan. He and others are assisting with a project to help establish a medical and rescue post on the mountain.

01/07/2024

Interesting graphic that has some relevance to our followers who are open water swimmers.

This is a great safety guide for children swimming in lakes and swimming pools. The color of the bathing suit can make it easier or more difficult to see children while they are swimming. This is a good reminder to always have adult supervision when children are swimming. (Thanks to Praire Lakes Healthcare System.)

08/05/2024

Some of our students have been in North Wales this week completing a module focused on travel medicine. During this residential element students also spend time with our British Mountain Guides team scrambling and undergoing a navigation assessment. BMG Tim Neill captured these shots of some of our students on Cneifion Arête.