He is also a Trustee/Executive Member for the National BASICS Organisation. Medical Officer for the Outward Bound UK & International, Risk Management Committee as well as being a Medical Officer on the Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team, since 1993 and since 2005 he has been a regular doctor working for the Great North Air Ambulance Service, flying with them approximately two days per week. He has recently been employed by the North West Ambulance Service as a major incident doctor (MERIT) and has attended 4 major incidents in the last 10 years. Theo was also awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours list in January 2014 for services to trauma care.

In his spare time, as well as responding voluntarily for NWAS, he manages the equipment for BASICS North West as well as chairing the sub-committee on equipment and drugs. He also manages our website and is an advisor to the other schemes within the North West area. Martin is also Chair of an emerging BASICS scheme covering the Manchester and Lancashire areas.

He also holds a first class honours degree in paramedic practice having worked in a variety of settings for both the NHS and private providers. He left the ambulance service to study medicine at Brighton. Now a qualified Doctor and is working towards a career in anaesthetic and critical care.

Previously he has enjoyed completing the West Midlands CARE team training and the Bangor PHEM Clinical Fellow post. He has also worked on the North West Air Ambulance and served as their educational lead. He has helped establish CSI:BASICS and now responds as much as young family life will allow him!

He left the MoD in 2006 having had completed a number of operational deployments to pursue a career in the NHS. In 2009, Craig graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) in Paramedic Practice and gained further clinical experience in the Cheshire & Mersey region before being selected to join the Liverpool based Hazardous Area Response Team. In 2010 he was seconded to the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) Resilience department where he designed and developed the North West’s first Tactical Medicine Operations Framework which later became the national standard. In 2012 he completed an Advanced Clinical Practice M.Sc. from the University of Chester and is completing a Professional Doctorate (Ph.D) specialising in Organisational Development in Health Services. Currently Craig manages the NWAS Medical Emergency Response Incident Team (MERIT).