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We're delighted by the outstanding feedback received for our Immediate Care Course last week. Comments from delegates included:

👏 "Really excellent course – one of the best I have attended."
👏 "The team of instructors were friendly, approachable, clearly highly experienced and made for a great week."
👏 "Instructors were all approachable and highly knowledgeable and gave measured and fair feedback."
👏 "Excellent course content and faculty."

A huge thank you to our dedicated faculty for delivering such a highly rated learning experience.

We're now looking forward to our upcoming PHEC courses in November and December, which will be delivered by equally experienced and highly regarded teaching teams.

There are still spaces available on our December courses:
📅 7–8 December – Refresher PHEC
📅 9–11 December – PHEC Course

Find out more and book your place: basics.org.uk/learn/

The PHEC is only one of two courses approved by the Sports Grounds Safety Authority as meeting its Green Guide recommendations for Crowd Practitioners. The Refresher PHEC is required to maintain the validity of the PHEC certification beyond three years after completing the full PHEC course.

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Research and education that helps advance pre-hospital care through evidence, innovation and shared learning are really important to us!

Last week, we were delighted to host an online workshop with Dr @staceyjwebster on 'Understanding Fatal Knife Injuries in Young People'. Drawing on unique national mortality data, the session explored the circumstances, injuries and timelines surrounding every young person who died following knife crime in England between 2019 and 2024, examining key background factors, mechanisms of death and when deaths occur.

The workshop recording will shortly be available free of charge to all BASICS members via the members' area, alongside our growing library of recorded educational workshops and resources.

We're also pleased to showcase two more posters presented at The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2026:

📌 Service Evaluation of Post-Rapid Sequence Induction Sedation Practice in the @NWAirAmbulance

Steffi Murdoch, Lauren Martin and @EMManchester

📌 To Tourniquet or Not to Tourniquet? Lessons from the Manchester Arena and Russo-Ukrainian Conflict

Andrew Kemp
@uniofglos

A huge thank you to all those contributing to the development of pre-hospital care through research, service evaluation and education. Together, these projects help strengthen practice and improve patient care.

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Our most advanced training programme, the Immediate Care Course (ICC), is underway this week in Essex.

Covering adult and paediatric pre-hospital emergency care, as well as the Pre-Hospital Emergency Anaesthesia (PHEA) Assist role, the ICC is an immersive, highly practical course designed to prepare clinicians for the realities of working in challenging pre-hospital environments.

This week, amongst other things, delegates have been taking part in realistic road traffic collision (RTC) scenarios alongside local fire crews, putting their skills to the test in true-to-life situations. Thank you to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service for taking part in these joint learning exercises.

Take a look at some of the behind-the-scenes photos captured by our volunteer casualties.

📅 Bookings are now open for the May 2027 ICC, along with a range of 2027 dates for:
✅ Pre-Hospital Emergency Care (PHEC) Course
✅ Paediatric PHEC Day
✅ PHEA Assist Day

Find out more and book your place: basics.org.uk/learn/

Thank you to our brilliant teaching team Adam Waller, Matthew Ward, Heather Reynolds, Craig Hold and Ben.

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Research, innovation and real-world impact were on full display at The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2026.

We're pleased to showcase two more posters from this year's poster competition, demonstrating the great work being undertaken across the pre-hospital care community. The poster competition complemented a programme packed with expert plenary sessions, practical demonstrations and interactive workshops, helping to combine educational depth and practical application.

Featured posters:
📌 Wesley Dean – Closing the Loop: A Six-month Interim Review of an ED-to-Prehospital Feedback Pathway for Colleagues' Wellbeing, Closure and Learning
@swasFT
@gloshospitals

📌 Lauren Martin – Outcomes of Major Burn Patients attended by @NWAirAmbulance

Congratulations to both presenters and thank you for sharing your valuable insights with delegates.

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We're delighted to showcase two more outstanding posters from The Pre-Hospital Care Conference 2026:

📊 Emily Murden – Hospital turnaround times in a UK HEMS team: Improving mission availability through Service Evaluation

⛰️ Becca Smith – The epidemiology of medical events on Pik Lenin (7,134 metres), Kyrgyzstan: findings from the Slava Topol Project 2026

The standard of posters displayed throughout the conference was excellent. We were particularly pleased to see so many students contributing high-quality research, helping to shape the future of pre-hospital care.

📅 Looking ahead, we're excited to welcome delegates to our 50th Anniversary Conference in York on 7-8 October 2027, where the poster and lightning presentation competitions will return. Keep an eye out in the new year for details of the abstract submission process.

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