Remote Emergency Care Level 4 (Expedition Stream)
The course was held in Churchill College in Easter Term. Our instructor, Ric, got started right away and we quickly revised all the material from the REC 2 course in the first morning. We then took a break from the class room and used a few scenarios to make sure we had a firm grasp on this foundation material. The afternoon was then spent introducing some new concepts and revisiting others in greater depth. Highlights (for me at least) included learning how to stabilize a broken pelvis, apply traction to a broken femur, and what to do in case of cold injury. The next morning we returned early and spent a little more time in the classroom covering hygiene and snake and insect bites before heading outside of an afternoon of scenarios. These were much more complex than those we encountered in the REC 2 course. I think, all participants will agree these were the highlight of the course. It was great to be able to spend several hours consolidating the skills we had just learnt.
Rose Pearson