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It's just a shame that some people will get sucked into spending their hard-earned money and valuable time on something like this.

All this in a one day course aimed at people who work on the security, rather than medical side? Hmmm. It doesn't mention what nation recognises the course...

So true - one of the big things is to get people enough training to move them from unconscious incompetence to conscious incompetence, where at least they realise that there's a whole world out there that they know very little about: that tends to make people safer practitioners, and willing to...

One way to do it is to have two sections on the CV - professional qualifications and traing/qualifications. I put registered qualifications in one, and training courses & instructor qualifications in the other. That way it can been seen at a glance my level of practice and particular areas of...

As far as I'm aware, almost all medical devices come with a caveat that "this is only for use by or on the directions of a physician", and the caveat is usually packaged in with the device. I've certainly seen it on ETTs and chest drains, among others. It's a shame that confidence isn't the...

Interesting, and certainly is looking to address a need, but it looks bulky and unwieldy for transporting a patient, and as though there are several stages in assembly/application. Why not a Femostop, or similar device? These have years and thousands of patient-hours use, although not in...

I've only started using iGels regularly in the past few months, but am rapidly becoming a convert. Good seal which improves as it warms up, no cuff to tear on the teeth or deflate at the wrong moment when something happens, and very stable in the mouth.

Hydrogen peroxide is just not to be recommended any more - even the orthopaedic surgeons have stopped using it intraoperatively, and that's during sterile procedures as well as dirty. Even at the dilute strength it kills cells around the wound (which are less sturdy than any bacteria in the...

"Patients are out to get you"

Apologies to those for whom this is old news, but I've recently found out that the Quicktrack II (cuffed 4.0mm cricothyroidotomy tube) is available packed in a robust plastic tube as well as the sets designed more for a less hectic environment. Freeland Surgical Ltd are UK suppliers, and I was...

Whether open to doctors only or not, there is no way that they can teach all of those skills to a standard where someone can "learn" them in a skill station in one day. Many should already be known from time at medical school, and are required to have been taught, practised and "sign off" as...

Similar to AMLS is the IMPACT (Ill Medical Patients' Acute Care and Treatment) course IMPACT Medical It's been developed and is provided by respected people (various Royal Colleges and Gary Smith among them), but I'm not sure of the entry criteria, as it's aimed at CT1/2 level doctors. However...

Good article, and nicely distinguished between qualifications and courses suitable for CPD. I also liked to see the mention made that disregarding courses, some experience in primary care is important. Nice summary, and I agree that it's worth a sticky.

There is a precedent on ships of non-medically trained personnel adminstering drugs on radio medical advice, and the maritime scales are usually laid out very clearly as to what is "over the counter" and what is "don't touch this unless you have someone who knows a damn sight more than you do...

Offshore Greenland, Baffin Bay, approx 74 North - whales, icebergs, snow, no need for sunscreen. What more is there in life?

Congratulations on passing the course. I wouldn't really agree that ACLS/ALS contains skills that you'll never use outside a hospital. The ALS, unlike the ACLS, has shifted its focus over the last few years and is now much more focussed on the peri-arrest state and preventing cardiac arrest. If...

A three year oral history project commissioned by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine culminates this month in the publication of the stories of 62 British men who were prisoners of war in the far East during the second world war, now all in their 90s. The school was involved not only in...

I've used SK Tax in Doncaster for years, and they are very good and very helpful and I know I'm not going to have HMRC coming down on me. They aren't expensive, either.

Many of the shop assistants and hairdressers on the cruise ships have the STCW training, as they are subcontractors whose company insist upon it. Fire on a ship is no joke, and the more people who can back up the designated firefighting team, the better, espcially those who can speak English well.

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) have some stipulations for medical training. If you want to go to sea in just about any capacity, then their basic four-part training to meet the STCW 95 regulations includes their "Elementary First Aid". For anyone designated to provide first aid care at...