Topics and Speakers as at November 2007
FATALITIES
Chairman..............................................................................
Why people die .................................................................... Dr James Grieve
Making a diagnosis of death .................................................. Dr Steve Teale
The scene of the accident.......................................................Craig Dewar Lothian and Borders Police
............................................................................................Member of Ogwen Valley MRT
Legal Aspects of death...........................................................Tony Rich
.............................................................................................Legal advisor to MRC of S
EXTENDED RESCUE
Chairman................................................................................Bill Whitehouse
Medical aspects......................................................................Dr William Lumb
Extended Rescue Underground.................................................Alan Jeffries Scottish CRO
Case Histories.........................................................................Peak District
..............................................................................................Dundonell and/or Lochaber Teams
..............................................................................................South Wales Cave Rescue
CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES
Chairman.................................................................................Dr. Tony Jones
UKSAR and MR in the future.....................................................Peter Dymond
Things we know and things we don’t..........................................Dr Paul Grout
It still snows in the Northern Corries .........................................Simon Steer
Map Action.............................................................................David Spackman
LOST AND OVERDUE
Chair......................................................................................Dr. Bob Sharp
Who gets lost and why............................................................Ged Feeney
When children are involved.......................................................Dave Perkins and Pete Roberts
Is it worth searching at night?...................................................TBC
Deployment of helicopters in searching......................................Barry Nielsen
Making the best use of dogs.....................................................Paul Gaskell
STRETCHERS
Chairman................................................................................Mike Margeson
History and overview................................................................Peter Bell
Katie II...................................................................................Jamie Keen and Roger Daynes
Testing Stretchers...................................................................Lyon Equipment
Other stretchers......................................................................TBC
THE FALLEN CLIMBER
Chairman................................................................................
Rigging for rescue....................................................................TBC
Single rope rescue ..................................................................Jonathan Hart
Suspension trauma..................................................................Dr. David Hillebrand
Medical treatment on the crag...................................................Dr Stephen Hearns
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
Chairman.................................................................................Ewan Thomas
Treatment of drowning...............................................................Professor Mike Tinton
Cave Diving..............................................................................TBC
Inland Water Rescue................................................................Fire Service
Water training in MR.................................................................Ian Rideout
OTHER ISSUES
Chairman..................................................................................
Aircraft site management ..........................................................Bob Lander
Grayrigg Train Crash.................................................................Andy Dell
IMRA training officer..................................................................TBC
Search terminology – are we talking the same language?.............Dr. Donald C Cooper
SUPPORT SERVICES
Chair.......................................................................................
A guide to VAT ........................................................................TBC
Current charity law ...................................................................TBC
Insurance issues.......................................................................Penny Brockman
Fund raising.............................................................................Mike France
