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Friday, February 11, 2005
Scottish Mountain Safety Seminar, Fort William
The Nevis Partnership have contacted us about the Scottish Mountain Safety Seminar to be held in Fort William this year. Here's what they had to say about it:
FROM THE NEVIS PARTNERSHIP Fort William will be hosting the Scottish Mountain Safety Seminar from March 4-6th 2005. The event is being organised by the Nevis Partnership, The clinical staff of the Belford Hospital and the Mountain Rescue Council of Scotland. In addition to these organisations there will be inputs from a number of the UK’s most respected experts on issues as diverse as avalanche education, navigation issues on Ben Nevis , hypothermia management and an opportunity to for Lochaber to lead in the important subject of accident prevention as well as taking the opportunity to demonstrate best practice when it comes to dealing with mountain accidents and the transfer of casualties from the mountains to the appropriate hospital facilities. The weekend begins with a talk from Duncan Tripp on Friday night starting at 20:00Hrs in the West End Hotel. Duncan is from Fort William and is a winch man/paramedic with the RAF Search and rescue flight from RAF Lossiemouth. The main event is being held at the Nevis centre on Saturday 5th March starting at 0830 and finishing at 1700. There will be two main audience subjects to choose from. The first will be to do with accident prevention and key speakers include local expert Roger Wild, the safety officer for the Mountaineering Council of Scotland and member of Lochaber MRT, Blyth Wright from the Scottish avalanche information service and from Bob Barton the head of safety for the Outward Bound trust across the UK. These events are open to members of the public and will be of particular interest to outdoor guides and instructors residents and accommodation providers across Lochaber. The cost for the day is £10.00. The second audience is more specialised and is aimed at those people with an interest in Mountain medicine. There will be presentations from the clinical staff of the Belford hospital and experts from across the UK with regard to issues such as the treatment of mountaineering casualties once an accident has occurred. There will be a review of the current UK guidelines for the treatment of casualties suffering from hypothermia. On Saturday night there will be a seminar dinner at the West end hotel. Tickets for the dinner are available at £15.00 per person. For further details or to book onto the seminar please contact Caron Dunlop on 01397-702110 or by email on cdpromote@aol.com. Alternatively you can access further information by going to the seminar website at: www.nevispartnership.co.uk/mountainsafety To discuss the event further you can contact the Nevis Partnership on 01397-701088. Posted by bigcrags @
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