A66, Kirkby Thore
Location: A66, Near to Kirkby Thore Callsign: MX1787 Date: 3rd April 2018 A BEEP Fund Doctor, along with several paramedics from the North West Ambulance Service attended a serious road traffic collision earlier today involving two HGV's in an oblique head-on...
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BASICS North West held their annual general meeting on the fourth of October 2017 courtesy of the North West Ambulance Service loaning the use of their conference room at Bolton South Ambulance Station. This year's AGM was an opportunity to elect officers...
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Conference Poster Competition
We would like to invite all who are interested to present their research and case studies in poster format to be shown at our inaugural conference. All accepted posters will be on show throughout the conference. Prior to the conference select members from the...
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Case Reviews and Year Review
We would like to welcome you all to attend our Christmas event hosted by the North West Ambulance Service in their Broughton Headquarters. We will be presenting a number of patient cases attended to by BASICS NW Doctors during 2016 - our chairman will also be talking...
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Traumatic Brain Injuries CPD Evening
This month we are joined by Dr Oli Harrison who is a consultant anaesthetist at the Royal Preston Hospital, as well as being one of the North West Ambulance Service MERIT Doctors Oli has a passion for enhancing the care given by pre-hospital practitioners and this...
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A summary of the BASICS National Conference
Each year the BASICS National organisation host a conference discussing pertinent issues currently surrounding pre-hospital emergency care. This year they are joined by some great guest speakers and will be hosted on the 14th & 15th October at the Woodland Grange...
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An Introduction to the DipIMC
We welcome you all back to our CPD evenings after a fairly hectic summer! For this event we are joined by our very own Dr. Tim Smith who has recently undertaken (and passed) the Diploma in Immediate Medical Care. He will guide us through his path to Edinburgh, and...
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Accidental Stabbing, Long Marton
Location: Long Marton Callsign: MX1787 Date: 28th July 2016 At approximately 17:00 today BEEP Fund Doctor Theo Weston was called by the North West Ambulance Service to attend to a 37 year old man holidaying in a caravan near Long Marton. Whilst cutting up meat, the...
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Medical and Trauma Scenarios with NWAS HART
This month we are delighted to be hosted by the North West Ambulance Service Hazardous Area Response Team at their base in Manchester. The evening will be facilitated by Dr. Theo Weston, Chairman of BASICS NW, along with Mr. Martin Ball, Equipment Officer for BASICS...
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Motorcycle RTC, Thirlmere Lake
Location: A591 Thirlmere Lake Callsign: MX1787 Date: 17th June 2016 A motorcycle was hit by a car on the A591 just north of Thirlmere Lake at around 6pm on the 16th June 2016. One 48 year old female pillion passenger was critically injured she was initially treated by...
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Cyclist RTC, A66 Penruddock
At approximately 16:15 on the 6th June 2016, a cyclist was involved in a collision with a passing van whilst cycling along the A66 west of Penrith near Penruddock. The A66 was closed by the Police for three hours during and after the incident to allow for their investigations.
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AGM 2016
This month we are holding our first Annual General Meeting at the University of Central Lancashire, we are also joined by a very special guest speaker, Dr John Murray.
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I am pleased to announce the following changes to our committee structure of the charity, this was voted on after our last committee meeting and the individuals took post in the first weeks of February.
read moreFundraising Lead
BASICS North West are looking for an enthusiastic individual with experience of working with charities to raise funds, to take up the position of Fundraising Lead within the charity!
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999 Open Day 2015
BASICS North West are pleased to announce that we will be in attendance at this years 999 Open Day at the Trafford Centre! The fifth annual Emergency Services Open Day will take place at intu Trafford Centre on Thursday August 6th 2015 between 10am and 4pm. The event will be on the car parks close to the entrance to the Food Hall.
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Heatwave 2015
We all love the summer, but extreme temperatures are dangerous especially as us Brit’s aren’t used to long periods of dry weather, or hot sunny days! BASICS North West have created this handy guide to aid you in keeping cool during this summer’s heatwave!
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